365 Days of Gratitude - #10 Baseball

I love baseball.
I love the lessons baseball teaches.
I love the game, a game that teaches you life is hard. A game that you have to takes chances every second to succeed and the realization that many of the chances that you take are necessary for success but often end in failure.
Failure is part of the game, just as failure is part of life. There is no escaping it, but without taking a risk it is impossible to win.  Think about that for a moment and you will realize it to be true.

One must step into the batters box where the advantage is in the corner of the pitcher. A great batter fails 6 put of 10 times and most likely 7 or 8 out of 10 times. Those who do get paid millions of dollars to fail.   Don't be afraid to to step in the batters box, for if you don'f failure is certain and boring.

To "steal" a base to advance and help your team you must leave the safety of the bag. No one is fast enough to keep one foot on the bag and steal a base. Most likely the player will be thrown out for trying but the reward is putting your team in position to win. YOU MUST TAKE RISKS to get a reward that will allow you to win.

Not every call will go your way.  You may get called out on a strike that is not a strike, You may slide safe at home only to be called out. You will get upset and realize a mistake was made but the call will most likely stand and there will be nothing you can do about it to change the outcome.  You can either move on or freeze and not advance anymore.  CHOSE TO MOVE FORWARD.  For those who cannot let it go and move on are eventually ejected from the game. The game gets tired of those who lose their control.  But i also love the fact there is always another game and an ejected player gets another chance to start fresh and is not punished in a new game for past actions. However, a player is also not rewarded for past success in a new game, they start over and must earn rewards every game. It must be earned.

Yes, baseball is slow moving sometimes, like life. However, each action and intention figures into winning or losing, just like life.

Baseball is life.  But don't let the fear of striking out keep you out of the game!

I soon will smell baseball in the air and I will remember the games my boys played in and I will smile and think of the lessons learned from baseball

PLAY BALL

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