What seemed so important yesterday may not even be
remembered by tomorrow.
Always
take a deep breath.
In this
crazy world that we live, it always
seems that we are all running one step behind, kind of like a tiger chasing his
tail. Sometimes it is just best take a
deep breath and relax. The way I relax
best this time of year, after the Super Bowl is over, is to read up on
baseball.
This
year I took a trip down memory lane.
Actually, a few months ago, while at my daughter’s school function to
meet her teachers, I found myself in the library. With time to kill, I found an old baseball
encyclopedia and began reading names from yesteryear.
Then I
happened upon a name I had never heard of before: Ewell Blackwell, aka the Whip. In 1947, he won 22 games, lost 8, struck out
193 batters and was an All-Star for the Cincinnati Reds. The six foot six inch, right hander even
almost threw back to back no hitters, which has only been done once before ever.
Baseball history tells us that many a batter feared his sidearm delivery that
at times was nearly unhittable.
Sadly,
Blackwell’s brilliant season was overshadowed by a 10 year up and down
career. It was a career that was interrupted
by military service in World War II and losing more games than he won most years. His career record was 82-78. And for most people, Ewell Blackwell is now
forgotten. However, when I read about
him it is like those memories of The Whip
come back around.
Where
I’m going with this is that for most of us there are moments when we can do
nothing wrong. And then for whatever reason, that season ends. Here today gone
tomorrow.
With
that being said, when it’s going good take a deep breath and when it is not
going so good, remember the good and keep going. Our life is just a vapor, so the Bible tells
us. Let’s not waste a breath being miserable and instead just keep pushing
through and do things that are significant, both now and eternally.
One hundred years from today what I thought was so
important will have become now forgotten.
Swavel
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