Thursday; April 7
Finally! Today is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. After a couple of years of hesitancy – and a winter of discontent – it is time to throw out the first pitch. I like the game of baseball for a lot of reasons, but one of the best things about Opening Day is that, today, everyone is in a pennant race. Everyone has the same chance of making the World Series as every other team. Within a week (a certainly after a month) several teams will come face-to-face with the cold hard fact that the hype was just that; but today, this could be our year. What if we approached every day the way we look at Opening Day? What if we got up each morning and thought, “This is going to be my day!”. How would our lives and attitudes change if we experienced hope at the beginning of each day? The reality is that each Major League team will have to endure a 162-game schedule before they get to reset, but the great thing about people is that we get to start anew each and every day! What kind of da