Andy Neary's short YouTube monologue uses a baseball/team-sports metaphor to argue that the United States should treat itself as one team: if we can win as a team, we must also learn to lose as a team. He links current national problems — pandemic and rising hate/riots — to widespread negativity and media-driven fear, urging viewers to self-reflect on the small ways they contribute to societal division. Neary recommends quitting negativity, 'vibrating at a higher frequency' (citing an interview with Allie Duncan), and taking personal responsibility rather than pointing fingers.
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So I realized this video may come with its detractors, but I feel like I need to say it anyways. One of the things I loved about the sport of baseball is it's one of the best team sports out there. Literally, one baseball player on the field can't take a game over maybe a pitcher, but it requires an entire team effort to win a game, let alone in Major League Baseball, 162 game season. And what's interesting about team sports is that when you're winning, it's really easy to be a team. But when you're losing, hmm, that's when it gets really interesting. You see people step up as leaders. You see people start blaming others. All in all, people's true colors start showing. But if you're gonna win as a team, you have to learn to lose as a team as well. And I say that because our country is losing right now. I mean, I can't believe I'm sitting here saying this, but there is actually one thing that can put a global pandemic on the back burner, and that's hate. But before we go and start blaming other people or our leadership in this country about who and what has caused all of this hate to occur, I want you to look in the mirror and figure out what role you played. Now you're sit there and go, andy, what in the heck do I have to do with these riots and everything else that are going on? Here's what you have to do with it. If you are spitting negativity out there in any way, you have played your role. We are one big team in this country. So if we're going to win as a team, we need to learn how to lose as a team as well. What do I mean? Have you talked trash about your friends, your colleagues, your co workers lately? You've contributed to the problem. Are you taking what's out there right now and talking about the negativity with what's going on? You are contributing to the problem. If you're in the media right now and you're using fear to drive ratings, you are contributing to the problem right now. Listen, we're already talking about how there's gonna be a second wave of the pandemic to hit us again next fall, next winter, when are we gonna learn that what we think about comes about? You know, if I could imagine the universe right now looking down, she's probably sitting there going, I tried. I tried to get people to see what's going on and how we need to change, and we're not listening right now. So what I want you to do right now, today, is I want you to figure out what role you're playing in creating what is going on. Even if it's the smallest of role, you are contributing to the problem. Because remember, when we win as a team, we also lose as a team. And this country, I hope we view ourselves as one big team. So please, stop pointing fingers, start pointing the thumb in your direction and figure out what you need to do to. To start vibrating at a higher frequency. I interviewed Allie Duncan a few weeks ago, and she hit it on the head. Our job, every one of our jobs, is to vibrate at our highest frequency possible. That is how this universe, our country, this world, is going to come out of this pandemic now, this hate, in a much better place. So do me a favor this week, quit the negativity. Think about what role you're playing right now and the results we're seeing, especially in the United States, and start figuring out how you can have a more positive, higher vibrational effect on our future.
