Game-Set-Match

Someone once said. ~Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses.~ As said before, life is like a game of tennis as each of us on a daily basis step on the proverbial tennis court of life facing one of the or should I say THE toughest opponent one will ever face...life itself. In a sense, we all are in the zone and match ready with our metaphorical tennis racket in hand as we try to hit the tennis ball known as our goals/hopes/dreams we set for ourselves but in order to achieve them one must get it past the obstacle(s) that are across the net, so to speak, ready to return what you served. For it's considered a tough situation indeed for any person to face an opponent such as life when it comes to matters of importance such as friendships, work, and most definitely love/true love.

Without a doubt, every person has "battled" their friends on the so called tennis court of life and whether it be verbal or physical it can certainly test how hard a "hit" we can not only take, but give as well as we "hit" back. Hey, that's what gal pals/best buds say/do to each other having that back and forth relationship as we oftentimes serve up stinging insults, the cold hard truth, some much needed advice when they need to hear it, or whatever the case may be. Thinking about it further, it's our friends who have our back no matter what and even though it may seem we're facing them as an opponent they're merely pushing us to become a much better player. Why? You see, in their eyes each one is destined for greatness and now we have that never quit never say die mentality similar to tennis legend Jimmy Connors.

If you think about it, our professional career is a considerably tough opponent as well as we try to achieve objectives like working hard to get a promotion. In other words, getting to the next level on the quintessential ladder of success and for a certain number of people they've been able to hit several aces and/or winning break points concerning their career goals. However, that wouldn't be the case without experiencing lousy/missed calls, faults, double faults, defaults, forced errors and at times countless neverending deuce situations hindering one's victory to the point where you wanted to throw or ended up throwing an all out tantrum ala John McEnroe. Let me tell you something, every individual works hard as we dig deep within ourselves and in some aspect, seemingly running every which way so as to not let the ball representing our future to either get past us or end up landing/dropping where it's impossible for us to reach.

Let me ask you this question to those who are not just fans of the sport of tennis but actually watch it live in person, who oversees the match between the two players? If you said the umpire who sits down in an umpire's chair above the tennis court closely observing play then you're correct. Essentially, the spiritual umpire that is God watches over us in His umpire's chair/thrown in regards to our potential/significant relationship or lack thereof and intervenes in His own way to where a challenge is called causing a disagreement. I think it's safe to say we've all had a spiritual tennis battle with God going on with our own heart as the tennis ball and even though we so selfishly want true happiness, He absolutely knows who our Steffi Graph to our Andre Agassi or vice versa is going to be. What it primarily comes down to is a matter of absolute patience as you continue to pray to Him and read His word for guidance.

Someone said, ~Life is like a tennis game. It can serve the ball to you as hard as it wants and you'd never know what direction it was going in.~ In retrospect, that's how seemingly it as we find ourselves trying to mentally figure out/anticipate what and where life is going to serve us knowing full well it's not going to make it easy as it serves up a hard, cross court, slicing smash like Ivo Karlovic, who coincidentally holds the record for fastest tennis serve of 156 mph. In any case, we all strive in hopes to get to our own Wimbledon and whatever it may be for you, don't let things like the noise of drama, self doubt, fear, etc. psyche you out because it will completely throw you off your game. In the end, if and when you achieve or already have achieved your own personal, as well as professional grand slam titles and continue to work hard with absolute determination for more I say to you game-set-match.