Beyond this World

Here I am. Did ya miss me? I'm finally blogging again. It's been awhile. But I've been busy. And now it's Easter break, so I've found some time.

Today was my first outdoor track meet of the season. I don't know if I mentioned that I threw the javelin in track, (you know that long pointy pole that looks like a spear). Ya, I throw that in track, and today was my first meet.

I was originally really worried about this meet. Because One: It was my first of the season. Two: I won the meet last year, so I was expected to do well again. And Three: I had a prior throw listed that I wasn't sure I could surpass... but my Mom and my sister, who happens to be my coach, were both there watching me, so I had some help... and two cheerleaders.

The Results: I threw a total of four out of my six throws farther than I have ever thrown. I P.R.'d by approx. 12 feet. I won the meet, and I missed out on provisionally qualifying for the National meet by only one foot. And I did all this with an hour and half break in between my preliminary and final throws due to lightening, after eating a fish sandwich and french fries, on a wet runway, and with a confidence that was mysteriously placed inside me after my first throw. It was amazing! Give me a jav and ask me to throw it to the moon? I could do it today. Somehow...

I just need to remember this feeling on the days I feel like I can do nothing right, on the days that I can't get the jav anywhere near that prior throw listed. I need to remember that even though that day, I might not be at my best, there once was a day I was. And it will happen again for me. Because that confidence was placed in me by a power that is completely beyond this world... and the moon.

So ask me again... give me a jav and ask me to throw it to the moon... And I will throw it further. God willing.