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“Dismiss the Ball, If U don’t want it!”

EP McKnight, MEd
4 min readMar 7, 2019

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You’ve got one life to live and one lifetime to get it right, dismiss living another’s dream!

“The bad news is, times flies, the good news is, you’re the pilot!”

If someone in your space throws you a ball, problem, issue, concern, you don’t have to catch it. Every problem is not your problem to solve. Plus you can’t live long enough to solve all your problems and the world’s problems. It is literally impossible.

“Invest your time wisely, it will give you the greatest wealth”

Taking on someone’s problem can cause much inner struggling. Jumping on board just because someone’s concern was thrown too you is a big mistake and can cause you much undo stress. Don’t assume just because it’s thrown to you that you have to catch it.

For example when you’re busy and get a frantic call from a friend that their child is having a meltdown and what would they do and you are in the middle of a very important matter. Truly what you should say, ”I’m really sorry but don’t know what to tell you right now” but instead you catch the ball and try to solve the problem at the expense of your on well being. Later you find that you are stressed and resentful for having done so and now you are off schedule from your task and others make be stressing you for…

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EP McKnight, MEd
EP McKnight, MEd

Written by EP McKnight, MEd

Actress, Stage playwright, Author, Motivational Speaker, Teacher Fitness Coach. www.epmcknight.wixsite.epfitspiration Follow me: Tiktok, imdb.me/epmcknight

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