DISCOVERING JOY
If you want to discover pure joy and innocence…
far removed from fortune and fame
sit in the stands and pay attention at a child’s baseball game.
You’ll watch little ones strike out on three pitches…
but leave the batter’s box without a pout…
smiling and waving to their family…finding joy in striking out.
You’ll watch those same little ones get a hit
and with an identical smiles on their faces
enthusiastically wave to their families
as they run around the bases.
They play the field the same way…
without a second thought
smiling as the ball is hit in their direction…
whether they catch that ball…or not!
You’ll see children playing with the same joy when they do well…
or when it’s an error that they make.
They play with the same joy when they are perfect…
as they do when they make a mistake.
It makes one wonder if that innocent joy they feel
is imbedded in their young chromosomes…
allowing them to smile whey they strike out…
or when they’re rounding third and heading home.
Yes…sit in the stands at a child’s baseball game
and you will suddenly become aware…
their joy is not in how they do…their joy is in being there.
And you’ll realize joy doesn’t need to be tied
to fortune or to fame…
and it will you make you want to treat your life…
like a child’s baseball game.
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