For those who love American football you'll notice similarities among the great running backs. They're agile, have a low center of gravity, are good at reading defenses, able to adjust on a dime, and of course, it never hurts to have an excellent offensive line.
A great running back also excels at protecting the football. Having to navigate past such remarkable athletes en route to the end zone without getting tackled is hard enough, but the opposing team is also trying to rip the ball from their hands.
Part of the journey of an artist is learning to protect your mindset. Like football, there are obstacles speeding towards you, which you're forced to deal with head on. But in order to do that, you have to learn to protect your spirit the way a running back protects the ball.
There will be false starts, unfair calls, and big scary challenges along the way, but we still need to find creative ways to protect our joy.
And like a seasoned veteran who studies his playbook in practice, the more you work at it, the less you'll have to think about how when it's game time. You're muscle memory kicks in and you'll know what to do.
Whatever happens just get back up and see the game through.
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