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Sometimes Bragging Can Bite You In The Butt. Yet On The Other Hand It Allows You To Feel Good About An Accomplishment.
As Most Of My Readers Are Aware I Have A Love For Bowling. Old News, Last April I Entered In My First Tournament. Three Games Were To Be Bowled At A Different Bowling Establishment Here In Danville On Saturday. The Conclusion(3 Games) Would Be In The House I Bowl Twice A Week. It Had Been A Couple Decades Since I Bowled In The First Establishment. I Finished Well That First Day Coming In First Place Going Into The Second Day Of The Tournament. Sunday Became A Very Big Disappointment When I Bowled Horrible. So Horrible I Didn't Even Cash. I Did However Stick Around To Congratulate The First And Second Place Winners Who Both Bowl In The Thursday League I Bowl In.
Last Month Both My Parents, My Brother And Myself Entered In A Seniors Tournament Being Held In Decatur Illinois. It Was A Two Day Event. The First Day We Bowled Singles. The Following Day We Bowled Doubles. My First Day Went Well For Me. Before Departing The Bowling Center I Checked The Most Current Standing That Was Posted. If My Figures Were Correct I Was In Second Place Overall In The State. Excitement Was An Understatement, Yet I Knew There Were More To Bowl And My Score Was Not Secure.
The Next Day Were Partners. Both My Parents Paired Up To Bowl Under Mixed Doubles. My Brother Tuck And I Paired Up To Bowl Under Men's Doubles.
Other Than Possibly Knowing The Results Of My Singles Placement, I Had No Clue What The Final Standing Were When It Came To Doubles. Today The Results Came In.
I Maintained My Position For Second Place In The State. Tuck And I Finished In Fourth Place In Men's Doubles While My Parents Finished In Second Place In Mixed Doubles. Our Bowling Paid Off That Weekend And It Will Be A Life Long Memory For Me.
Now, Remember My First Sentence Of This Blog? Sometimes Bragging Can Bite You In The Butt. This Past Week I Returned To That Establishment I Bowled So Well In That Tournament In April. It Was Open Bowling And A Friend Of Mine Had Been Wanting The Two Of Us To Get Together And Roll A Few Balls. Once Again I Bowled Up A Storm. I Had One Game I Had All Strikes In With The Exception Of One Frame. All The Other Games I Bowled Were Over 200. The First Thing I Did Was Call My Brother And Share My Excitement. I Then Called My Mother And Again Shared My Good Bowling With Her.
So The Page Turns And The Following Day Our Team Bowls. Now Keep In Mind My Brother And Mother Bowl On The Same Team. I Bowled A 158 Average That Day Which Is 11 Pins Below My League Average. My Horrible Bowling Cost My Team Two Points. I Anchor That Team Because They Can Depend On My Ability To Get The Job Done. This Is Not My First Failure Being Anchor. Of Course I have Some Success Stories But They Don't Stand Out As Well As My Failures.
So All In All I Have Decided From This Point On I Will Be Humbling In My Accomplishments. When I Do Well I Can Feel Good Inside, But I Will Keep It There.
I Have Found Once You Begin To Brag On Your Accomplishments You Must Live Up To Them. I Consider Myself An Average Bowler. If I Bowl Above Average I Can Be Happy For Myself But Bowl More And TALK LESS!
Everything Has It's Good And It's Bad. I Will Always Remember That.