Playing a Hard Nine

I know understand why baseball is the American pastime. I hate to speak in sports metaphors, but I've learned to take advantage of inpiration whenever strikes me, especially when it is a positive.

You've probably already read the story...Cardinals down to their last out, two strikes away from being eliminated, only to have Albert Pujols belt a three run blast to force a game six back in St. Louis. They didn't pack it in and quit. It would have been easy. Everything up to that point pointed to failure.

However,they stayed. They played. The won.

I hope they go all the way. But I understand that they might not win everytime. But my lesson still remains. You never know what's going to happen in the end and no matter how bleak it may seem, you got to stay in the game and play it to the end because that's when truly amazing things can happen. You have to have the fortitude to give those things a chance to happen.

It's not easy, but necessary in times of trial and I'm not just talking about baseball. I can easily apply it to my current situation. So, what am I going to do?

Pick up the proverbial bat and swing for the fences. I just need to play a hard nine.