Hail Mary

In American football if one team is trying to score before the end of the half or the end of the game, they’ll throw what’s known as a hail mary. The quarterback basically throws the ball as far as he can, with hopes one of his teammates will catch the ball and score. Most times the frenzied efforts don’t result in a score, but as a fan, it’s exciting to watch.

When faced with a minimal amount of time, the offense performs or runs a hurry up offense. It’s a more frenzied offense compared to other parts of the game. There’s nothing casual about the way the players move. Everyone moves at an accelerated rate and typically the results are more productive than a hail mary pass.

Both options are viable. One is a hope that things will work well. The other is a structured, accelerated attempt to do what’s worked before. We have similar choices in our lives. We can perform a hail mary, like buying lottery tickets, or we can run our 2 minute offense. We can move in a manic manner. It will require more, more effort, more hours of work, more energy, more vigor, more focus.

We might have to work another part time job. We may have to alleviate some social media. We may have to forfeit some of our favorite TV shows. We may have to eliminate playing video games. I’ve had to do those things and you’ll have to do what’s equivalent for you. What I know is eliminating distractions provides more time for what’s important. My priority is running my two minute offense and not the game plan laid out by others.

Today, Wednesday, October 19, 2022, I am grateful that:

Sherman and I had an incredibly productive conversation yesterday. He laid out a proposal and we’ll make a deeper dive in the coming days and weeks and see how or wif it’ll manifest.

I’m nearly finished with all open projects. I’m not interested in continuing work based on second hand information. I’ve gotten a few messages from another contractor, but nothing from the client. I’m not interested in performing double work, so I’ll need to contact the client or wait for them to reach out.

I’ll complete another iteration of my plan. I say another iteration because plans change. I’ve amended my plans so many times, but the original plan hasn’t changed one bit. Fulfill my purpose.

Are you playing the game of life at a normal speed?

Are you playing in a two minute offense?

Are you throwing Hail Mary passes in hopes things work out well?

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!

A hundred years ago, there one and a half billion people on earth. Now over 6 billion crowd, our fragile planet. Even so, there are still places barely touched by humanity.