Overflow

Yep, that’s my boy with disgusting pants and the game ball. Today, Liam played his heart out.

We are just grazing through the beginning of his 3rd season playing baseball. As you can imagine, it’s been a huge learning process. Liam started playing ball way after most of his friends and he’s had to play catch-up.

Today my boy hit a home run (straight to the fence over center field) and a sick double (way over first base) that resulted in two RBI’s.

As much as I’d love to say this is the norm - it hasn’t been. We have continued to learn areas of improvement through each and every practice and game.

What’s the catch? (no pun intended)

Today, we started a new ritual before the game. I challenged Liam to spend our drive in the car meditating and visualizing himself hitting the ball into the outfield.

I explained to him that we can have anything we want out of life “but it all starts here” (pointing to the center of my head) “your thoughts become your actions. If you think it, so it will be.”

Liam chose the playlist and my dude was silent for our 25 min drive as he pictured himself hitting the ball.

I’ll be damned. Liam blasted the ball, both times that he went up to bat.

I say all of the above to tell you that this experience was a beautiful moment of overflow, spilling into the life of the little guy I love the most.

For the past month and a half, I have spent my time deep in rapid transformational therapy, dismantling old ideas, reprogramming my brain with new ones, setting intentions, and manifesting the life I’m living in this very moment.

I’m not profound, by any stretch. However, the internal work I’ve been practicing has revealed itself in the sweetest way.

My erratic knee-jerk reactions have turned into patient, intentional responses. I find myself challenging old belief systems with facts. New practices are subtly overflowing into how I parent my children.

Today was a beautiful example of the ripple effect provoked by healing traumas, breaking generational cycles, and adopting new, healthy behaviors.

Today was not “just another Saturday at the baseball field”. Today was a day that I was able to be an observer to the overflow of giving my kids what I needed when I was younger.

I hope you are all having an incredible weekend. As Sunday creeps in, put your computer away, slow down, and be wholly present.