Why Failure Is Important

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“When life gives you bad hops, make great plays” -Anonymous
This quote relates a bad hop that a ground ball takes in baseball to obstacles in my life as well as relating great plays to overcoming those obstacles. This brings me to my laws of life which are how to deal with failure and how to make the best of a bad situation put before you.
Baseball is a hard sport to like if you can't accept failure. In fact, one of the most important parts of the game is centered around failure: hitting. If you achieve a hit three out of ten times you're considered successful. Therefore, you fail almost 70 percent of the time. But believe me, having a hitting percentage of thirty percent isn't as easy as it sounds. Try imagining standing in the batter’s box the pitcher staring you down, the crowd chanting, then lifting the thirty-two inches of aluminum off your shoulder. Your timing has to be perfect or else you’ll hit nothing but air, not to mention the pitcher can change the speed and movement on the pitch he throws. With all of that pressure to succeed, failure is inevitable. I’ve been …show more content…

It was a warm spring morning, the baseball season was about to start, and I was as excited as ever. The only problem was that I had been feeling a sharp pain in my lower back that felt as if someone was sticking a needle into my spine. This discomfort occurred whenever I arched or twisted my back. As a precaution, my dad brought me to the doctor to see if it was anything serious. The doctor took a few x-rays of my back, but he couldn't see any damage. Regardless of the x-rays he still recommended that I get an MRI just in case. So we went up to Akron Children’s Hospital to get the MRI. They put me into a dark, tube-like, machine and told me to stay as motionless as possible. At first, I was a little on edge, but after a couple minutes I felt calm and comfortable. When we returned to the doctor’s office, dreadful news

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