The Shooting Star

Whenever I listen to country songs, it always gets me thinking about life for some reason.

The other day after work, I drove down to Santa Monica around midnight. I didn't have quite the smooth day at the job. I needed a breather before I headed home.

I sat on a bench looking over the beach on Ocean Avenue. Of course, I couldn't see anything but stars in the sky and the Pier that was lit up like a Christmas tree.

I sat there for a good 45 minutes just thinking about the past year and a half, which is from the time I graduated until now. I got hired at a great place, got to travel to places I wanted to go so far, almost got picked up by a team in Europe, just to name a few.

One thought that came to mind the summer of 2013 when I was driving back to California from Iowa. I think I was driving through the last stretch of Utah at night, and I looked up at the sky and saw a shooting star.

Before I move on, during the winter before I attended Barstow Community College, I lived with a teammate-to-be in Silver Lake, California. Nice little community but in the middle of no where. I remember one night, though I forgot where we were driving home from, my buddy Griff saw a shooting star as we were talking about something in the car. He immediately stopped talking and stared into the distance. I thought he got possessed by the "Hill Have Eyes." 

After 15 of 20 seconds of silence, he told me he saw a shooting star so he had to stop what he was doing and make a wish. I thought he was weird for believing in that then.

So going back to the summer of 2013 in August, I saw that shooting star and immediately thought of what Griff did. 

I stared off into the distance and wished to either get picked up by a team from an independent league or get a full-time job.

Then 8 months later, I got hired full-time at Fox Sports.

But as of late, I've haven't been satisfied with where I'm at overall and I'm ready to make some moves.

As much as I love the city of Torrance, maybe I need to move out of here, or California in general, or even move out of the country. 

The thing I fear is starting over from step one again when I put countless amounts of work at one place already. But what's life without some risk.

We'll see what happens soon. Who knows, maybe I'll see another shooting star soon.

Jun

“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”