Bizarre title I know. Thanks for opening this email. Last week we attended Bowl Expo. What a GREAT show! I was full of joy about EVERYTHING!
At the end of the first trade show day the most interesting thing happened. The show always winds down and fewer people come by the booth during the last hour of the show. That gives us all time to get a little goofy. My entire team was at this show and they were AWESOME.
So awesome that at the end of this first day, Dave was jumping up and clicking his heels together. That looked like something I could do too and I did! A friend of ours in a booth around the corner began to make a little fun of me. I took it to mean that he may have thought I was too old to jump in the air and click my heels together. SOOOOO I popped off and said something like, “Well if you think that was a big deal just watch me do a cartwheel!”
Now I don’t know about you but for me I was completely confident I could do this cartwheel. When my girls played softball I would do a cartwheel anytime one of the players on the team hit a homerun. My friend, Jim Welch, reminded me that my daughters were NOW in their 30’s. That is not something I considered as a backed up to get the running start that I believed I needed to complete this cartwheel that I was certain I could do! There was NO doubt in my mind that I could complete this acrobatic move.
With some encouragement from our team, and some antagonism from others, there was no turning back. We had had a great day. I was very joyful and confident. I NEVER considered that there would be a single problem with hurling my sizable body over and up to perform this cheerleader feat!
So imagine this…I back up, and then back up a little further. Then the moment of truth. I run (or what I call run) several steps, the time comes; and I invert my body, hands to the ground with a beautiful spring into the air, legs fly up, and ALMOST over. OK my right leg and glute actually protested. And by protested I mean they insisted that I had made a horrible mistake! I only made it about two thirds of the way over and then crashed (yes that an accurate description) to the ground.
I’m still limping, 7 days later. It didn’t stop me from doing the Cupid Shuffle later that night but I will tell you that I’m VERY sore. I wonder how long it takes for a “cartwheel” glute and a hamstring to heal.
Scott Drummond, from Party Center Software-the antagonist, coined the term “Old Fartwheel”, which I think is pretty accurate. Thad our sales guy rated my flip a 5.2 as a reminder of my age. I’ve had a massage and am applying Tiger Balm often.
The real lesson for me is that just because you think you can it’s probably still a good idea to get some training first or at least stretch a bit!
It was great to see you all at Bowl Expo. I know we have a ton of training in the next several months and can’t wait to see you all again.
My final thought for the day is that confidence is a good thing-Mix it with a little wisdom and you’ve got something more than a torn butt muscle! I’m working on that wisdom piece every day.
Have a great Wednesday ,As always we would love to hear your feedback! Share your thoughts with us on our Facebook page.
Beth
