In the decade I stopped Bowling I recalled all the good moments… the league championships, the 300 game; I convinced myself I had been a good bowler and each year transformed myself into a near great one.  When I returned to league bowling this year… I sucked… so I worked hard to regain my old skills.  Only when I started bowling on a level my delusions recalled did I learn I had become the bowler I wanted to be and never had been.  Just think… this would never have happened if I had settled for reality.