Good day--the euphoria of getting some sections right... the disappointment
of getting some sections wrong... the euphoria of getting all sections right
by your last run. Managing the cramping facial muscles because you're
grinning ear to ear! Be humble because disappointment is only a turn away!
Bad day--the disappointment of getting all sections wrong (can you say 2001
El Toro ProSolo?) and never achieving a good run. Managing the evil
thoughts (I trailered that POS 500 miles down here and I'd rather be
golfing?) and then be determined to learn what you did wrong and correct the
behavior. Slow in fast out. I blew the finish at the Boondoggle!
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: I THINK ITS BACKWARDS
> Look, I don't want to interfere with anyone's on-line meditations on
thinking,
> focusing, and looking. I just want to state that I think my origional post
> "After the Ecstacy, the Laundry," taken from a book of the same title by a
Mr.
> Kornfield (can't remember his first name) has been misinterpreted in the
> opposite direction in which it was intended.
>
> We're all trying to find ways to go faster in an autocross, and what I'm
> reading here is how others apply mental strengths acquired in other sports
in
> activities to autocross. And that's all fine and dandy, but it's not what
I
> was talking about.
>
> I'm talking not about driving, but about the emotions. This has very
little to
> do about driving skills and performance. This is about how your
performance
> can control your moods, and that even when you think that you "have it,"
and
> now you understand, that moment is fleeting.
>
> In his book, Kornfield describes in a couple of examples people who've
gone
> through some sort of spiritual awakening, where suddenly everything
connects
> and makes sense, they understand the mysteries of the world, and they are
> filled with a warm inner-peace. Yet, these people when they go home, once
> again faced with the realities of LIFE, are real jerks. They're still
> arrogant, they're still greedy, they're still human. The happiness of that
> moment once experienced maybe the day before, when it all made sense, is
now
> gone. Back to work, back to the ball and chain, back to the laundry.
>
> It's just like an autocross. You still have to change your tires when it's
all
> said and done.
>
> This sport is so much like a drug, where you can go from feeling
absolutely
> euphoric at one event, where you think that you know it all, to absolutely
> depressed. You can feel depressed even if you look ahead perfectly. That
still
> doesn't control how the others do in your class.
>
> Isn't that just like life? You can follow your life rules perfectly, you
can
> lead an exceedingly good life, but you still can't control your
surroundings,
> only how you react to those surroundings.
>
> Again, I've only read three pages, not enough to know what the author is
> really talking about.
>
> So, aside from looking ahead, I'd like to know how others handle good days
and
> bad days. Surely, not ALL of your events meet your expectations.
>
> -Katie
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