“Strike three, your out!” That phrase has so many connotations. Clearly, in baseball, your out, but that’s just one at bat. In life, it could land you prison for life in some states. And in friendships, like life, it can mean the time has come to end a long friendship. But does it really?
Is it that we only have the patience for three? “Good things come in threes.” My mother always told me. She always took the positive approach. So why is it that we look at three strikes as a negative? Baseball players adjust for the next time they’re at bat. Why can’t we do that in life? Adjust? Look at the positive?
Baseball players who are able to put their last strike out behind them can move on, adjust, and prepare to get that next hit. Focus. Determination. Concentration. Apply these things to life and those “strikes” become lessons learned. A strike in life is not a bad thing, it’s just another point in time in which things didn’t go your way.
Just get ready for your next at bat. Your next opportunity to adjust. But always remember, you can always strike out again.