{"id":703,"date":"2023-03-28T20:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/?p=703"},"modified":"2023-03-28T20:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:48:35","slug":"april-28-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/april-28-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"April 28, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While working on a particularly difficult project today, I recalled a story I read in the book, \u201cBall Four\u201d by Jim Bouton some 45 years ago.\u00a0 Bouton memorializes the time he spent as a pitcher for the NY Yankees among other teams. It was controversial at the time because he revealed the dark underbelly of professional baseball. The story I recalled this morning was about Mickey Mantle when after the previous night of heavy drinking, he got up to bat the next day and hit a crucial game-winning home run.\u00a0 After touring the bases, he took a bow from the dugout to acknowledge the cheers from the fans.\u00a0 As he did this, he turned to the team and said, \u201cIf they only knew how hard this really was.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I am not hitting a home run, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess how this project will turn out, and while I didn\u2019t spend last night drinking, I do have trouble seeing things upside down and backwards, probably why I don\u2019t do jigsaw puzzles.\u00a0 Sometimes it is necessary when quilting to see a piece this way to fit the fabric together in order to disguise the raw edges and have the right sides up all to satisfy the intended design.\u00a0 It is mind numbingly difficult for me.<\/p>\n

But I persist, many times ripping out and trying again and again, my version of the full count.\u00a0 When I finally get it right the moment is beyond magical.\u00a0 This kind of accomplishment has happened throughout working on this project, but today it was a home run.<\/p>\n

When this project is complete and others either admire or don\u2019t, I will stand back and think with a smile in my heart, \u201cIf you only knew how hard this really was.\u201d<\/p>\n

My strengths here are patience and persistence<\/strong>. I have been consistently patient working on this project and I have noticed a sense of calmness<\/em>.\u00a0 I am not sure which comes first patience then calmness or calmness then patience, or if they are both the same.\u00a0 In either case it is a preferred state of equanimity<\/em>, thank you, Ronald.\u00a0 I have noticed I do not take kindly (read annoyed) to interruptions which lead to breaks in patience but I can return to the task with the same patience as before the interruption with relative ease. The strength of persistence has allowed me to carry on without stress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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