Greetings Dear Reader,
Part of the intrigue of baseball is the mystery of what
pitch is coming. Those who understand this
limitation of knowledge realize that gaining more knowledge will yield an
advantage. Studying a pitcher can reveal
small tells that telegraph what pitch is coming. A different angle of the elbow can reveal
that the pitcher is setting up for a curveball. Babe Ruth was a pitcher who telegraphed his fastball
because he stuck out his tongue.
Knowledge of these tells yields understanding of what is
coming giving the batter an advantage. A
great pitcher learns his own tells and uses them to fool the batter. As with so many things, the battle is waged
in the mind first. In the movie, Trouble
with the Curve, we learn that a curveball makes a distinct sound. We also see how important knowledge of the
pitcher is as it yields an advantage.
The interpersonal play between a father and his daughter is
also vital to this film. At one point,
when she is passing judgment on her father for his absence in her life, he
says, “You don’t know half of what you think you know.” Later he reveals the depth of her lack of
knowledge of the true situation in their lives.
His actions that she judges as abandonment were to protect her.
We think that we understand why people do what they do. We do not.
We may have a modicum of knowledge, but rarely do we know as much as we
assume we know. Rarely do we know enough
to really understand why someone is where he or she is. We never know enough to transcend our
obligation to be loving and kind. We
never have enough on the other person to forego mercy and grace.
No matter how well I read the tells of another person, they
do not tell me enough for me to fail to show love, grace, kindness, and mercy. Every human needs for me to hurl kindness rather
than judgment. My pitch should always be
love. As I pitch against time my opportunities
to love others diminish. Sooner or later
I will reach the last inning and all that will matter was how I served up
opportunities for others to see the love of Christ shown through grace, mercy,
and kindness. Those, Dear Reader, are
the pitches that will be remembered long after we retire.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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Thorn:
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