the ball on the tee

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THE BALL ON THE TEE

Hello friend,The ball on the tee doesn't do much thinking. In fact, per the experts in their field, it does no thinking whatsoever. The person with the bat, well, they've been thinking enough for two, clocking in so many overtime hours that introspection's HR department wants to have a quick chat. They've paced a new track around home plate, tried to calculate windage, and given themselves carpal tunnel trying to choke some answers out of the bat. The ball on the tee hasn't noticed. The person with the bat drove home and bitched for 35 minutes straight over dinner about the good-for-nothing, uneducated, POS ball who does nothing but sit their all day long. They don't offer a single word of advice, they never bring their cleats, they just lounge on the tee all day long waiting for someone to hit them. The ball on the tee is, as of the writing of this email, still unavailable for remarks, as it's busy just sitting on the tee. Because that's what balls on tees do. The project you've been putting off... The hard conversation with a loved one... The next plunge in your life... The daily email you told yourself you'd start writing and avoided for nearly two weeks...Well, the truth is, none of those things have spent any time thinking about you. They haven't raged. They haven't complained. Because they haven't even noticed.They're just sitting, waiting for you to take a swing at them. And if they fall off the tee... And the opportunity is gone....Well, you'd be surprised at how easy it is to put them back.