01/07/2025
This is a good camp to build showmanship and how to live your life
🏀Let’s Get Honest🏀
Many may not know but I have been struggling with kidney function issues and blood clots for 2.5 years. Many days at shows and camps I have brushed my hair, put a smile on, and faked healthy to be there for the ones I love. I have an incredible staff and they’ve made that easier, thank you ❤️. About 6 months ago I gave up on modern medicine and took things back into my own hands. I cut soda again, I made 10K steps a day non-negotiable and I started eating mostly healthy foods - we’re all human and dang it I love donuts and skittles gummies.
A non-negotiable for 2025 is a physical activity every single day. Most of my campers know my love for volleyball and basketball. Let’s be real though, a love for something doesn’t mean you’re great at it.
So messy hair and all let me get honest for a minute. Today after what seemed like the millionth medical screening regarding my kidney I stopped at the gym to shoot some hoops. I was doing layups and missing most of them. Everyone else was shooting threes, and draining them. I wanted to be like them. I went to the top of the key and shot a rushed, manic three worried about missing it and worried about what everyone around me would think. Clunk. Miss. I retrieved my ball, defeated. “Silly Chastin, you know you can’t hit a three like you used to.”
I realized the negativity in my head, stopped it and went back to the top of the key. I dribbled, took a breathe, set my eye on the goal, and launched. It banked in. Was it the prettiest shot in the world? Nope. But it went in. YAY! I made a three, so what? Well it’s the idea behind it. I didn’t make my first shot because I was worried about the world, I was covered in anxiety, I was afraid to fail. I didn’t fail because I didn’t give up. We only fail when we let the negativity within us win. I’ll go back and shoot again tomorrow. It will be better than it was today.
What voices in your head are you feeding? Are you feeding the I can’t do it? The I will never wins? Are you worried about what others think of you? Anxiety and doubt can and will cripple you. The Bible doesn’t say anxiety or doubt have any power in our lives. This year breathe Christ in, set goals, focus on the positive, delete the negative from your life, stay free of gossip, stop blaming others for your failures, and conquer your dreams.
What are your non-negotiables this year? What dreams and goals do you want to submit to Jesus? Work hard, focus on him, don’t get down when you miss the shot. Shoot again. Keep working, keep striving. Dreams will come true.
Remember, Jeremiah 29:11:
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Love y’all. ❤️
Come see me this summer, I’d love to watch you grow as a showman, leader, and most importantly a Christian.
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