Why is it that big men want to dribble the ball and little guys want to dunk? Ever noticed that? A guy can be 7 foot tall, standing 3 foot from the basket, and have someone pass him the ball. What does he do? Go straight to the hoop? Not in this lifetime. No, he wants to put it on the floor and get one step closer. Hey, news flash - they give you a step, whether you dribble or not! Put the ball in the hole. If you are 6 feet tall you typically can reach 8 feet high. If you are seven foot tall, obviously you could reach at least 9 feet high but with longer arms, I am guessing closer to 9.5 or higher. So if you stand on your tip toes you have got to be able to grab the rim or pretty close to it. Put the ball in the hole! Stop giving your coach and the fans heartburn - go to the hoop.
And craziness isn't confined to the Goliaths of the world; the vertically challenged have their problems as well. Why is it that the shorter the guard, the more he feels the need to dunk the basketball over an opponent who is a foot and a half taller? In fact, here's a great idea - let's get airborne before we have a clue as to what we are going to do. That way we can improvise at the last second. Or, as the opposing coach likes to call it, "turn the ball over."
I am convinced it is a sickness that plagues us all. We can't deal with who we are. Skinny people think they are fat so they drink diet sodas. Fat people see themselves as being thinner than they are so they wear their clothes too tight. The truly rich don't want anyone to know they have money so they live often times like they are broke, while many of us who don't have two nickels we could rub together, overuse credit in order to give the appearance that we are wealthy.
Why can't we accept who we are? I was thinking about how even we pastors often overrate our abilities. I said, "Regina, there are a lot of guys who preach every week who aren't very good at it. Wouldn't you agree?" "Yes," she said, "I suppose there are." Then I asked, "How many really good ones do you believe there are?" She said, "I'm not sure, but at least one less that you think."
