Sunday, May 24, 2026

we are always at the plate


 baseball and life


around 18-21, we're supposed to be adults,

but there is no magic in the transformation,

as if, all of a sudden, we "get it":

how to vote, how, or not, to drink,

how to commit to relationship

and maybe to serve partner and children with our choices,

but we are batters, life is like a pitcher,

and we have to deal with curve balls,

if we're lucky, we get a hit 30% of the time,

despite our best efforts, we often strike out,


our challenge is to still come to the plate

and do our best even with the odds against us.


by Henry H. Walker

May 18, ‘26

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