Quote of the Week

"Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man." - Francis Cardinal Spellman

Let the Games Begin

Monday evening brings with it the beginning of softball season. It is a time I particularly enjoy. Competitive sports have long since become a part of my history, as age and inactivity have taken their toll on my body. Now, coed recreational softball is as close as I can get.

My inability to compete at a high level in soccer or rugby make playing either of those sports tedious at best these days. The rolling of the soccer ball especially is merely a reminder that my best days have long since past me by. But softball is different.

In softball, the game itself is enough. I enjoy the thrill of swinging the bat, and the anticipation of playing defense. My horrendous performance aside, the softball diamond still puts a smile on my face where the soccer pitch has now failed me.

Take me out to the ballgame!

Quote of the Week

"The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain." - Richard Nixon

Losing Streak

Sometimes in life it feels like you can't win. Like a baseball player slumping, all you can do is grit your teeth, drag yourself to the ballpark every day, and keep swinging.

Sooner or later you'll replace your strikeouts with basehits.

Then maybe you can replace your basehits with homers.

Then again, some ballplayers should recognize when it's time to hang up their spikes...

Moments

I've once, then often searched for peace
and found it lay not on the ground,
but high amidst an azure sky
lit brightly by the light of dreams
borne forth from children's eyes...

Quote of the Week

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - E. E. Cummings

Riddles in the Dark

Some of life's riddles are perhaps unanswerable. Others, however, require a certain amount of bravado.

It's a bravado I am apparently lacking, as three friends of mine so kindly reminded me this evening. Fear of failure, and loss, and rejection all rob me of any bravery I may have had. All in all, I suppose I am simply not as adventurous a person as I would like to think I am.

Or maybe I just need to be pushed in the right direction...

See ya soon!

I'm leaving the country tomorrow and won't return until next week Tuesday. Hope everyone does well in my absence.

Mi Buenos Aires querido...