Recently, I’ve been brawling with life’s challenges. It’s tough for everyone! There are times when you just want to give up… times when you just want to escape reality and live in a world only attainable by your imagination.
Duhh! I do that a lot! I tend to escape reality and dive into a world, which might also be common to people like me. *smirks*
The world I’m talking about, of course, is the anime-slash-manga-slash-game world.
I’m NOT done with my BASEBALL STREAK yet! I’ve been into Adachi Mitsuru‘s manga these days… I’ve watched Cross Game, read Touch and H2.. These are not-so-new baseball ani and manga but it’s worth your time.
They don’t just focus on baseball, but also with the evolution of each character.
Adachi Mitsuru-sensei’s works give the extremes of feelings… He’s humorous AF, but can also unconsciously melt down one’s heart… Like WTF Adachi-sensei!!!! What did you do to me??? I’m humongously in love with your works!
His works made me realize a lot of things. Everything is a journey… life and love included.
Sometimes, we tend to fast forward everything… We immediately make decisions which we aren’t sure of. Waiting is never a part of our vocabulary.
Waiting, sometimes, can help us minimize regrets.
Life is unpredictable. It’s always bound by fate.
Of course, we CAN create our own fate by the decisions we take. However, I DO believe in parallel worlds…
There isn’t only a single ending… but hundreds? thousands? or even more of them!
It can end in a blink of an eye…
You can follow a straight line…
You can go right or left…
But you can also pass a maze the end of which is unreachable.
If you compare life with something from “baseball”… It would be like this..
The “BALL” would be your existence… a plain entity that simply exists but we don’t know how and why.
The “BATTERY” would be the kind of life you want to live..
You would be the “PITCHER” and the “CATCHER’S MITT” is your goal.
In order for your existence to have a purpose, you have to throw it as hard and as intelligently as you can to the catcher’s mitt.
As the pitcher of your own existence, you can decide on how your life should be…
Would it be a 150km-fastball, straight in the middle?
OR Would you rather make it more interesting by throwing a slider, a curveball or a forkball?
You can even change the pace of your life by using a change-up!!!
Sounds easy, right?
However, there’s always a force that stops you from reaching your goal…
What do we call them?
Yes, “BATTERS”!
They even come in different types…
A force that will throw you to another goal (directly to another mitt).
A force that will throw you either up or down… no matter where, it’s still a pain in the a**. (a hit)
A slight force, but will bring your existence down to the ground and have something be stolen from you. (a sacrifice bunt)
And lastly, there’s always this force that most of us are afraid of…
“SLUGGERS”
It’s a force that will throw your existence out of the park and will take almost everything away from you!
BUT…
Hold your horses!!!
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Being hit, having your base stolen, committing errors and being sent out of the park???
DUDE!!!
The game doesn’t end there!! There are 9 innings in one game…
This means, you have a lot of chances in your life.
If you stand firmly and stay on the mound without giving up another hit, you’ll definitely strikeout all those fvckin’ batters and reach your goal.
In the end, LIFE, like baseball, is full of fun and excitement.
So PLAY your LIFE not only with the motivation to WIN, but also with the drive to regret NOTHING.
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