Sufficient for This Game: Today’s Problems and Purpose

"Remain cognizant of what every game or session is truly about-solving a problem or serving a purpose on the court, better.”

~ Coach Robert 

Should we worry about what the Game is or how many games we have left? God forbid. An individual game in basketball is the entire macrocosm of the Game.

We often speak of “the Game” like it’s some vast, looming entity out there in the distance—an ultimate challenge, a future proving ground, or a test that will define us. But in doing so, we overlook the simple truth: the Game is not some far-off event, nor is it defined by how many we have left or had already. The Game is now. It is this game. The one you're in now and its problems and purposes.

Why?

Because one game is enough. One game holds all the tension, all the teaching, all the transformation you need. Each game is complete with its own problems to solve and its own purposes to serve. Each game is a classroom. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a championship, a training session, or a pickup run at the park. The questions it asks of you are eternal: Will you try to grow? Will you try to apply what you've learned? Will you devote yourself to this today?

We don’t need to worry about the future or past game's lessons. Those are distractions. The game you’re in today is full. It is sufficient. There is no shortage of lessons there. The same problem you couldn't solve today will reappear tomorrow if left unresolved. That shot you didn’t improve, that pass you couldn't make, the defensive awareness you lacked—all will come back around until they’re mastered. The purpose you neglected today will return again waiting to be served.  Whether it's using the “L” when shooting or changing directions.

At BLD, the meaning of Grow is to identify a problem or purpose on the court.

The game teaches with repetition. That’s why there is no wasted game. No irrelevant opponent. No meaningless possession. Each game presents the same problems and purposes if we pay attention. They expose the same cracks and offer the same invitations for growth and development.

So no—we do not need to worry about yesterday or tomorrow's game. Let us instead give reverence to the present. For this game you are in today is enough. And there are problems and purposes sufficient for it.  Today’s game itself is the teacher. 

“Let go of yesterday, do not be anxious for tomorrow.

Focus on a problem to solve or a purpose to serve today.”

Forget tomorrow. Forget the past. Grow today.