Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Boast
so i've been playin' squash this term with some biochem buddies (they're newbies) and i've quite enjoyed wiping their egos on the squash courts during our sessions. whenever they have a glimmer of hope that they might just pull a comeback...i shatter their dreams with a gut-wrenching drop shot. it's a great workout, but i haven't improved much in terms of skill.
anywho, so today one of my buddies decided to bring his buddy (who plays squash for fun and ranks #2 at various tournaments) to play...so i'm like...whatever, #2 in tournaments...psshhh, i can take him.
so i take him on.
and i got whooped. 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 kinda whooped. after the first game...i realized if i could even get one point off of him, i'd be a happy man. so he gave me a point in the last game. but wowsers, playing him really humbled me and brought me down to earth. it was kinda ironic...cause today i finally learned how to boast in squash (a move requiring the user to pop the ball off the side wall)...when in fact, i had nothing to boast about (did i mention that this friend played me with BOTH his shoelaces untied? apparently he only ties them up when he plays with serious players).
reminded me of a passage i read the other day:
"If some of the branches have been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either." [Romans 11:17-21]
dang-diggity-doodad.
not gonna take it for granted.
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on a tangential:
ok, this is so good that i had to share. below are 3 links to Ravi's Q&A session in Seattle...man alive, brain food galore. i challenge you to listen to them.
Q and A Part 1
Q and A Part 2
Q and A Part 3
