Monday; September 29

Well, baseball season is over.  I know, I know … there are some of you who have teams in the playoffs and others who don’t really start casually watching games until the season moves into the fall, but after watching scores of games during the summer, unless my team is in the playoffs, I’ll probably pass on the rest of the year.  As I look back over the 2025 season, I am disappointed, but I have to keep in mind that the season also provided me with hours of entertainment and (at times) some excitement.  No, the games didn’t always go the way I wanted but compared to other things going on in the world, it wasn’t a bad way to spend a few months.

Have you noticed how critical we can be – not about our teams, but about our lives?  As we go through life, it is easy to fuss about this or complain about that, but for most of us life isn’t all that bad.  Sure, we win some and we lose some, but all-in-all we get to enjoy good times with the people we love.  We have ups and downs, but for most of us we get to do some cool things.

Now that the final out has been made, it’s time to start looking forward to next year.  It is tempting to believe that 2026 won’t be any better than 2025, but the great thing about hope is that until we are proven wrong, we can still have it.  Whether you are a baseball fan or not – and especially if you team didn’t make the playoffs – take this opportunity to remember that as long as there is life, there is hope.  Hang on to it until you are proven wrong and then take the new opportunity to reshape it and enjoy a refreshed belief that something good is coming just around the corner.

Think About It!


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