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FOOTBALL AND PIZZA
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ife’s Lessons Are Found In Both
By: Dr. Michael Osit
Many people love sports and most
people have a love of food. A great
number of people can relate to food
and sports so I find myself using them
as analogies to help my patients
resolve problems or as a way to under-
stand what they need to do in their
pursuit of happiness. So, I examined
the following adages about life, living,
and relationships, and related them to
sports and food for you.
The grass is greener
on the other side
When you are sitting down to dinner
at one of your favorite restaurants with
friends, sometimes you have difficulty
deciding what to order. You finally
decide and when the food comes, you
look at your friends’ plate and start
wishing you had ordered what they
had. Looking over the fence to your
neighbor’s house and thinking how
wonderful their life is will only belittle
your blessings, and create unhappiness
with your own life. You need to be
happy for your friends’ menu choices
and make sure you enjoy your own
meal. Besides, it is entirely possible that
your dinner tastes better than theirs.
He that waits on fortune
is never sure of a dinner
If you play “not to lose” you will most
often lose the game. In a tennis match,
if your goal is to simply return volley and
never take the risk and go for a “winner
shot” hit hard and down the line, you
will more than likely lose the match. You
must sometimes take risks and push the
envelope to achieve success.
Absence makes the heart
grow fonder
There was this little Italian restaurant in
the college town you used to go to
with your girlfriend, now wife, that had
the best pepperoni pizza. You go back
for your 10 year college reunion and it
turns out that your memory of it far
exceeds the actual flavor of that pizza.
You start to recall that it was rather oily
and the crust would sometimes be too
crispy for your liking. It is important to
be realistic and try to view your life and
your relationships from a reality base
instead of a skewed perception.
All good things
must come to an end
Your baseball team is on a hot streak,
winning 12 games in a row. It is
extremely unlikely that you will never
lose a game again. It is important to
enjoy your good fortune, and accept
the fact that you may have misfortune
from time to time in your life.
Strangers are just friends
waiting to happen
Ever go to a restaurant and see a
peanut butter cheeseburger on the
menu? I have. Peanut butter and ham-
burger are two very unlikely ingredients
to be together. I actually ordered it,
mostly out of curiosity, and it was deli-
cious. Sometimes, if you open yourself
up to different people whom you have
never met, you might find a great con-
nection and a new great friend.
Practice makes perfect
Quarterbacks and wide receivers prac-
tice so much together that they can
actually predict each other’s moves for
preciseness and perfect timing. A well
practiced basketball team plays togeth-
er as a cohesive group both offensively
and defensively. Whenever you have a
presentation, or an exam, or putting
your work out for scrutiny, be sure to
review it repeatedly, practice excessive-
ly, and be as rehearsed as you can be.
One Last Food Analogy
(A bug-a-boo of mine)
When fuel prices were sky high, the
airlines, car services, and the trucking
industry all tacked on “Fuel Sur-
charges” to their rates. Now that fuel
is less than half the cost compared to
that time period why aren’t we getting
a price break or a “Fuel Discount?” It’s
like paying market price for lobster at a
restaurant at $20 a pound, and contin-
uing to pay the same price even when
the market price is $10 a pound. I’m
just sayin’…
Dr. Michael Osit is a Licensed Psychologist
practicing in Warren, and author of
Gener-
ation Text: Raising Well Adjusted Kids In
An Age Of Instant Everything
(07/08) and
The Train Keeps Leaving Without Me: A
Guide to Freedom, Self Fulfillment, and
Happiness
(06/16)
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