Turnovers

When I was coaching  basketball I kept track of two statistics, rebounds and turnovers. The one thing you have to have to score is possession of the ball. A turnover is when you relinquish possession of the ball without getting off a shot. The probability of scoring is 0.00% They are absolute poison to a team and drive most coaches crazy! Here’s a short clip of coach Gregg Popovich commenting on turnovers. https://www.google.com/search?q=pop+interview+about+turnovers&rlz=1CALAYK_enUS986US986&oq=pop+interview+about+turn&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBECEYoAEyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRifBTIHCAYQIRifBTIHCAcQIRifBTIHCAgQIRifBTIHCAkQIRifBdIBCTg1NTlqMGoxNagCCLACAfEFZZ9AXdOHlyPxBWWfQF3Th5cj&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sv=CBMSGQoIZjY0OWFiMGQSC0RiMy1MVEY4SmhFGAAg3N2_2wkwAUAB

Letting circumstances dictate the thoughts and feelings in my life is the equivalent to a turnover. I’m relinquishing possession of my greatest asset, the ability to choose my wellbeing. I’ve discussed this in different ways in several posts. A couple of my favorites are: The World is Going to Keep Right on Turning and The Key

The stoic philosopher Epictetus may have said it best, “Where is Good? In our reasoned choice. Where is Evil? In our reasoned choice. Where is that which is neither Good nor Evil? In the things outside of our own reasoned choice.”

Events in and of themselves are not good or evil. That comes from how I choose to view and handle them. Giving up the choice is letting the situation control me. Remembering that helps me reduce the turnovers in my life. Nothing more complicated than perception.

May you have enough today, one moment at a time.