Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Tugging

"Pull!"

I am keeping myself in a permanent state of readiness - on a "war-foot", if you will - just on the off-chance I get my opportunity to step up to the plate and offer my services.

It's a difficult balancing act, staying ready without actually "sallying forth", so to speak. That teetering on the edge - it's all tension and gritted teeth, let me tell you.

I put my success so far down to my mental discipline, reciting in my mind the names of the England World Cup winning squad as a diversionary delaying device. It can make all the difference between staying firm of purpose and simply going off half-cocked.

My greatest fear? That I could suddenly get pulled off.

But it's a risk I'm willing to take.

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