Shoot to make it
Moments Missed. Moments Made.
Shoot to make it
My dad and I love basketball. We used to play hoops in the front yard almost every day when I was growing up.
He was also my coach for many years. One thing that always stuck with me was him saying “shoot to make it”.
Odds were, after hearing this mantra from my father, I would hit my next shot and start actually playing the game.
As I’ve grown older, this basketball themed mantra of “shoot to make it” became more of a theme for my life.
I think there’s a lot of moments in basketball and in life where we are just “throwing a shot up” and hoping it goes in.
How I interpreted his mantra — intention.
If you are going to take a shot, take a good one and take it to make it.
There’s been countless times in my life when I was just throwing up Hail Mary 3-pointers hoping that they went in and in those moments, my shot would be an airball.
Moments.
Missed.
Moments missed in my past marriage, moments missed to mature as a young man, moments missed to say goodbye, moments missed to make a good impression, moments missed to be more thankful, moments missed to be more humble, moments missed to be strong in the face of adversity, moments missed to know, moments missed to grow.
Moments of intimacy wasted, moments missing the sweet victories and how they tasted.
Moments.
Make the most of your Moments.
There’s also been countless victories gained through devoted intention to the trajectory we have defined.
The moment of victory, falling in love. The moment of victory, satisfied in your hard-work. The moment of victory, smelling the roses. The moment of victory, defying the odds. The moment of victory, in your Lord’s arms. The moment of victory, feeling weightless. The moment of victory, heaven on earth.
In moments where a shot must be taken, which are many in life, we must thrive to have flowing intention that will cut a path through the arduous obstacles of our main opponent, time.
The only way to truly defeat time is by making our shots count, our moments that matter.
The more moments we “make”, the more we are playing this game the right way and we are ahead.
The more that we moments miss, the more we lose to the game. We get swept up in the game vs being in control of it.
As you ponder this musing, ask yourself.
Am I shooting to make it?
