Is It Lucky To See A Grand Slam?

Life Is Meant To Be A Success And You Are To Attract And Manifest What You Want

My only concern about having two girls was that they were probably not going to be into sports to the extent which I was.   I know, I know fickle but this is what I was thinking about at the time.     My daughters were born in a Thursday in September and were in the hospital for a few days so when we woke up that Sunday morning I had the girls watch NFL Football which just happens to be my favourite sport and explained the game to them.    My master plan was that they would like something that they had been watching since they were three days old. 

Between the ages of one and two the girls really loved watching American football with me.    They would sit there in their onesies and even go as far as to put both arms up and say "touchdown" every time the team that I was rooting for did something favorable.  This was a proud moment for me. 

Since their mom and I broke up my daughters aged and went from liking to watch sports with me to totally disliking it.  

In the last two years my daughters and I somehow have watched two baseball games together, which is a curious choice because even though I respect baseball it has to be one of my least favourite spectator games.    The first game we watched was one of the ALCS games between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox.   My reasoning for watching this game was out of my severe dislike for the Red Sox.    At the bottom of the 8th inning David "Big Papi" Ortiz drilled a grand slam to all but guarantee a Boston win.     Both of my girls were laughing hysterically as I yelled at the screen while all this was happening.   Those two love to laugh at me when my team loses, in a fun way of course. 

Fast forward to last Saturday.   We were at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix to watch the local Arizona Diamondbacks play my home state Colorado Rockies.     Let me just say that the girls WERE NOT happy about being at the game because they would have much rather have been playing with their friends or anything else.    Eventually they warmed up to the game and then got really excited when they realized that my team was losing to the local team who they decided to root for.

Then it happened.    Bottom of the 8th, David Peralta of the Arizona Diamondbacks belted a grand slam over the right field wall.    The girls went crazy and I just sat there in disbelief, kind of like when the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos in this years Super Bowl. 

Here are the four similarities that I noticed from both ball games that the girls and I watched

1. Both Games Had A Grand Slam 
2. In The Eighth Inning
3. Hit By A Fellow Name David
4. Against The Team I Was Rooting For

There have been several conversations with baseball fans since the event and although all of them said they had seen a grand slam on a televised game somewhere along the line but no one ever said that they had seen a live grand slam.   One fellow went on to tell me that he had been to over 100 MLB games and has not witnessed a grand slam. 

Now is this a lucky omen?   I don't know what the omen would be but the facts just make me wonder.   Or maybe all of this was coincidence.   Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.     One thing that I have not yet decided is weather or not I want to watch another baseball game with my kids because I kinda want to keep this record in tact but then again if the exact same thing happened, I could write off this phenomenon as a coincidence. 

Until we read again, 

Jaxon

p.s.  Do things just happen to us or do we create our own reality?   Visit the following LINK to learn more. 

Honk If You're Happy

So on my drive I saw a billboard that read, "Honk If You're Happy".  I opted not to partake because I didn't want to alarm the post rush hour traffic but the billboard made me wonder.... 

When was the last time you were happy?   I mean truly,  genuinely happy?   Was it something your son or daughter said unexpectedly,  was it a time you benefitted from a random act of kindness from a complete stranger,  was it something cute a pet did, was it an awesome song that came across the radio, perhaps "Happy" by Pharrell?

Whatever it was, I urge you to obsessively think about those things either listed or unlisted that truly makes you happy.   After doing this for a good two to three days I urge you to come back to the blog and COMMENT on the results of this "experiment".

Until we read again,

Jaxon

p.s. Honk Of Your Happy =)

HASHTAG firstworldjoys

Over the course of the last few years the phenomena of the First World Problem / First World Pain, hereby FWP,  has been introduced into our culture.  A FWP is a petty annoyance that wouldn't be if we were living in a less developed county.

Now, FWPs are funny and a roundabout way of expressing gratitude, check out my earlier blog post on the topic, but are discussing FWPs really the best way to a happier life?

For approximately a week after my FWP post my days were riddled with an unusual amount of petty annoyances that I probably wouldn't rather have dealt with.  Did this have anything to do with my mini-obsession with FWPs or was it just a coincidence?  No one will ever no for sure.

One thing that's for certain is that when I began focusing on First World Joys, hereby FWJ, my life took an immediate step for the better. A FWJ is similar to a FWP in the sense that you are sharing something that happened to you however instead of attracting future problems you are attracting future happiness because of your evolved focus.

Some examples of FWJs could be:

°I found perfect parking at the shopping center today
°My kids said something super-duper funny today that had us laughing for hours
°Everyone was really nice to me today
°I found an awesome new blog today and I can't wait to read more

etc., I'm sure you get the picture.

Your mission if you choose to accept your own adventure this week is to start sharing and thinking about your FWJs versus your FWPs.

Until we read again,

Jaxon

p.s. WARNING: We are all familar with the "Misery Loves Company" types out there.  Be cautious when interacting with these folks because they despise hearing about good things happening to you or anyone else because in their paradigm of reality is that life sucks and happiness is fleeting.

p.p.s. Leave a comment because I am excited to see what you think.

p.p.p.s. #firstworldjoys

Free First World Problems

In a world full of the Law of Attraction it's amazing how many people think that complaining is cool.
I remember how much I laughed when I first heard about the concept of a "First World Problem" which is what only someone in a developed nation would consider a problem.  I laughed even harder when I thought about my four, yes four first world problems that I endured today.....
#1 First World Problem
No meat was served at breakfast  (which was free) just carbs; pastries, fruit and bread.   Plus the free coffee was poured in a small, measly styrofoam cup versus self-pour.
#2 First World Problem
I got a free deluxe car wash during my lunch hour and when I left work it looked like it was going to rain and a bird left a huge surprise on my hood.    :-\  Judging by the size of the surprise it may just have been a Pterodactyl.
#3 First World Problem
I had a free burrito waiting for me when I came back from my lunch but it was incredibly, almost unbearably salty and it had refried beans which are not my favourite.
#4 First World Problem
My computer didn't work so I had to write this on my smart phone.
Now, either myself or anyone else who experienced these "problems" could have mentally focused on:
* How much your breakfast and lunch fell short of your expectations.
* How annoying it would've been if it had rained on your 100% Free Deluxe Car Wash and the hassle of having to clean up some unexpected bird droppings from your perfectly washed hood.
*How much your computer sucks and how you wished you could throw it out the window.
Or you could focus on:
* How lucky you are to not only get free coffee, but to get free breakfast, lunch AND a car wash!
* How much you love the smell and sound of the rain and how you might just see an awesome rainbow or rainbows!
* How it's time to get a new computer anyway and start shopping around for the latest and greatest new technologies.   :-)
Millionaire author T. Harv Ecker has an awesome quote from one of his books that paraphrased reads "If you focus on the crap you become a living, breathing crap magnet."  
The moral of todays story is that you can focus on the dark side of your first world problems or you can focus on the bright side of them and on life.
The choice is totally yours.
Until we read again.....