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We’re all aging, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. How do you deal with the aging process? Bert Oliva shares quotes about aging.
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We’re all aging, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. How do you deal with the aging process? Bert Oliva shares quotes about aging.
THWACK!
by Val Leichtman
Thwack! The paddle hits me and I fly backwards. I bounce on the green table, echoing hollowly. Thwack! The second paddle hits me in the face, I spin and fly back in the other other direction. Disoriented, I graze the net with my bottom, flying off the side at an angle. Suddenly a paddle is below me, ready to lob me in the air. Thwack!
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Ever feel like a ping-pong ball? Ever find yourself in a situation between two or more people and feel like you’re the go-between, being thwacked in every single direction? I used to feel this way all the time, especially with my family. I would get thwacked in one direction by my father and then get thwacked in another by my mother. At times I felt like it really was a game they enjoyed playing.
Through my coaching at BOWA and my own dedication to my personal growth, I have learned to rarely play the role of the ping-pong ball in my family’s drama. There are still times when I fall back into the bad habit and allow myself to get thwacked once or twice, but usually after the second thwack I simply get up and walk away.
And you know what? It’s awfully hard to play a game of ping pong without the ball.
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