Missing Your Chance
Do you ever wonder if we only get one chance to do something? Do you wonder if situations are ripe for one response, and that if you miss it, you will never have the chance again?
I do.
Life reminds me of baseball. The batter is only guaranteed one pitch when he makes his way to the plate. One pitch. He can choose to watch it fly by him or take a crack at hitting it. If he doesn't hit the ball well, he'll fly out or be thrown out at first base. And if he watches the pitch zing past him, he could have missed a great opportunity to make it on base.
But life, like baseball, is so much more complicated than that. We all get a chance at hits, but sometimes the hittable balls just aren't there. You can watch and hope and pray, but you may never get the right ball. You may walk to first base or you could strike out without moving your bat. And it's difficult to know if you did the right thing in those situations.
I just hope that I don't always plan to get on base because of a walk. And I hope that I haven't missed the opportunities for home runs in the past... And knowing that I have, I hope to watch and swing proactively, knowing I may never get the same chance again.