16 Or Nothing

The baseball season is a long one. Some days you will score a bunch of runs, and some days you won't. Some days you will not score a single run or even get a hit. In the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals scored at will Saturday, two days after scoring only one. The day after their offensive explosion, the team did not score a single run. Go figure. That is baseball. Some days are like that in real life. One day everything goes right. The next might be painfully long and frustrating. That is life. Every day cannot be sunny, 75 degrees and only a gentle breeze (my favortie conditions). There will be occasional storms. You just hope that the bad days are few and far between. If you are going to have the (bad days) you might as well learn from them and grow. Harvey MacKay wrote a book a few years ago entitled We Got Fired! And It's the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us. It is full of countless stories of people who overcame adversity, including football coach Lou Holtz. "Things are not always going to go the way you would like them to go, but I think it is important to understand how important your attitude is," Holtz said. "Whenever you face adversity, you can't let it discourage you from being the very best you can possibly be." Today's Winning Thought: "Some people rebound from a firing setback because they are destined to. Most people rebound because they are determined to." -- Harvey MacKay