When the student is ready the teacher will appear....

Dear Cirle,

Today my guides yet again let me know of their presense, but I will return to that in a moment, now for the setup...

Every Sunday I have been going to the gym to work out. Lately I have gotten into a habit of shooting a basketball for 10-15 minutes as a way to warm up the muscles and then shoot after the workout for 5 minutes as a way to strech. In doing so I wanted to get good and actually make the shots so I started to work on it. Over the past month and a half I have gotten to be quite good. I have figured out what works for me and am now consistent. And I have been "rewarded" by shooting with a number of guys and beating them. That made me feel very special and only further reinforced my belief that I could be good at anything (I had to put that in for Trigor, Janice, and Masha...enjoy)...I have been sharing the stories of my basketball prowess at work and have people dully impressed...(now we return to the beginning of the story)....

Today like Sundays before it I went straight to the gym and warmed up with around the world shots. Feeling "in a groove" I continued until a young man walked in and started to shoot on the other end of the court. He was about 6'2" and had a very good stroke (Trigor..that was a layup for you buddy). I complemented him on his form and he came by asking if I wanted to play. I responded that we could shoot together if he wanted and he agreed. Unlike the previous times my form disapated and while I didn't embarass myself I proceeded to make 25% of the shots compared to my "usual" 70%. He on the other hand made about 75% of his. We shot around for 40 minutes running drills on 2 and 3 pointers leading to a great workout. He also gave me a few techniques on improving my shot and eventually left the gym...

What I find interesting about this experience was that I come there at the same time for a while now and have never seen him before. Also in the beginning I didn't see anyone else in the gym until I wanted to shoot against somebody and people started to show. First I "attracted" 20-25 year olds who were good but worse then me in order to get my confidence up and to inspire me to continue to work on it. Now, apparently I am onto the next level and my guides sent a teacher along to get me further, for which I am very thankful.

Thus, my dear Circle, be on the lookout for teachers, they are everywhere!