Shoot Your Shot

As a basketball player, I've always learned to shoot my shot. What does this mean...well it's this belief that I and I'm pretty sure most other shooters have that every shot they shoot is going in. Now as a shooter...you're gonna miss, but you keep shooting your shot. Ray Allen, one of the greatest shooters in NBA history said that despite missing a shot and even going 0-10 for example...he'd always believe that the next shot he shot was going to go in. Now any basketball player will tell you that for the most part...just cuz you miss, doesn't mean you stop shooting...yeah it might mean you need to take better shots, but you don't stop shooting. You don't get discouraged because everyone misses and eventually...the shot will go in, you just gotta keep shooting. If you stop at the first miss...then you prevent yourself from scoring. Let's bring that into the context of life. Simply put, if you don't shoot your shot, if you don't take a chance...you'll always wonder what if I had...and that's probably the worst feeling ever. Worse than missing a shot, worse than missing multiple shots...is not taking that shot and wondering if it would have gone in or not. Whether you're asking a girl out, applying for a job...or whatever it might be...rejection is a big part of life, it shouldn't stop you from constantly trying until you finally get it, y'feel? I can tell you stories on stories of me asking girls out that ether rejected me or it didn't work out. Similarly, I've been applying for so many jobs as of late and the majority of them haven't been replying to me...but that doesn't stop me from shooting my shot...better to apply and not hear back than to sit and not apply and wonder what would have happened if I did. Simply put, when you shoot your shot...it either goes in or it doesn't...you pick up the ball, you shoot your shot again. When you don't shoot...you'll never what would have happened if you did shoot your shot, you're preventing yourself from even trying. Don't let the fear of failure stop you from trying, embrace it, it's a healthy part of life...and it'll make it all the more worthwhile when you finally sink that shot and look back and all the shots you missed to get to this point...peace out, see you soon.