Jul 10, 2005 22:38
I am in a very good mood at the moment, we won the softball tournament I played in and it was amazing. I know that when it all comes dowm to it, it is just a game, but when I sit here and think about how good it feels to be in the middle of the circle on that field with the ball in my hand, it amazes me. I feel powerful, like with every pitch is the ability to win or lose the game, to have an amazing feeling come over me or a feeling of complete dispair. Any problem in my life is erased and the only obstacle I have to face is the person coming up to bat. It gives me my sanity, and makes me remember how much passion and feeling I have inside me, in that I can get completely overwhelmed with emotion just by rocking backward and heaving the ball with all my might toward the target and of course hearing the crack of the bat and racing toward first base then rounding two, and finally stepping(or sliding) across home plate. And to me, it is absolutely extraordinary that one game can make me come to this realization. How is it that a game can make me feel this happy to be alive?