…..and it needed to be done, begged to be done, had to be done ultimately…..so she went ahead and did it. End of story. Things happen to us adventitiously and we respond to them the best we know how. No rationalizations, no lame excuses, no pie charts and fancy algorithms showcased in a formidable Power Point presentation—no detailed explanations—are generally necessary. You step up to the plate and do what you have to do at the time with the arsenal of unique personal skills you have available to you and then let the chips fall where they may. Sometimes you may hit a home run, sometimes you may double down the left-field line, sometimes you may reach base on a puny bunt single, and other times you may strike out (Hopefully hacking away unapologetically!), but you always want to be swinging the bat and you always want to be involved in the game as an active participant. And, you know, this baseball metaphor probably serves as the best mantra for life as any that can be conjured or simply expressed…..
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