Outside your zone

  I've been somewhat silent on social media. I believe in the Golden Rule. I don't obey many rules but the one I stick to is, "If you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all." That's where I've been. Nothing nice to say. 

Us baseball people(wives, finances, girlfriends) try to pretend like baseball doesn't consume us and for the most part we do a good job at not letting it. But then all the sudden your husband gets sent down, traded, released, injured.. It's nothing you've ever planned for and it turns your world upside down. 

I've always admitted to being a slow learning. I used to be ashamed of that in school. But now as an adult I like it better this way. It's like eating your food slow so you can taste ever bite. 

I went to Haiti a week ago. I worked at a mission sifting dirt and moving rocks. In the afternoon we got to play with babies and love all over them. Haitian baby kisses and snuggles are the best. Haiti was one of the hardest things I've ever done. While I was there what I'm about to tell you would have been complaints but now it's just a description. 

I slept in a concrete room that's about the size of my kitchen. There were 30 women sleeping in bunk beds. The breeze (if there was one) through the windows was our air conditioning. The bathroom- I can't even describe that thing. There was a sign taped to the wall that read, " If it's yellow let it mellow. If it's brown flush it down." We were lucky to get all 30 women showered in cold water. I've never been so thankful for a cold shower. We could hear the voodoo rituals at night howling over the mission. 

When I came back to America I had a deep appreciate for life. God put things in perspective for me and humbled me. My worldview changed instantly. If your like me and it takes you a while to learn the lessons of life then I have the cure. Move outside your comfort zone. Any direction will work really. Financially, spiritually, emotionally, or physically. If you are really risky you could do two at once. Haiti rocked my world. Physically I worked hard and felt like I was suffering from a heat stroke every second of the day. There's a spiritual warfare going on in Haiti right now. Voodoo is ever present. God took my baseball worldview of being sad about Robbie's demotion and stretched me. My worldview doesn't consist of me, myself, and I anymore. I'm sure that feeling will end as most do and I'll need to be stretched again. But as for right now in this moment I can feel God. I know I am exactly where I am supposed to be. And so are you. 

Right here on the lake with my family enjoying the water and the moment. Every moment is completely and only responsible for itself. Indulge in it. 

As always, HE>i 

B