Jumping the Net: On the Necessity of Learning to Lose Well
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Another WASP note: the sacredness of dealing well with disappointment. At my family ranch, the almost year-round sport (other than Marco Polo in the pool -- or in my childhood, riding) was croquet on the lawn. Before this starts to conjure up images of something English and genteel, let me point out that the lawn was pockmarked with gopher holes, the wickets were placed haphazardly, and the canyon that dropped off the edge of the lawn was home to rattlers and bobcats -- and yet still very much in-bounds.
Jumping the Net: On the Necessity of Learning to Lose Well
Jumping the Net: On the Necessity of Learning…
Jumping the Net: On the Necessity of Learning to Lose Well
Another WASP note: the sacredness of dealing well with disappointment. At my family ranch, the almost year-round sport (other than Marco Polo in the pool -- or in my childhood, riding) was croquet on the lawn. Before this starts to conjure up images of something English and genteel, let me point out that the lawn was pockmarked with gopher holes, the wickets were placed haphazardly, and the canyon that dropped off the edge of the lawn was home to rattlers and bobcats -- and yet still very much in-bounds.