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Chico Escuela: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0GtPwDJyw0
Baseball is, btw, a very unselfish sport. I like that.
Thought for the Day
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A year ago today, James said
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Seriously, I wonder if you could say what's not to be impressed about a current active NFL player (John Urschel) publishing a paper like that, although I have to admit that my own impressment is somewhat limited by not having any idea what cascadic multigrid algorithms and Fiedler vectors and graph Laplacians are.
Asked by: MarisFan61
Answered: 3/24/2015
One shouldn't be impressed by things that are done to impress you. A single mother raising three kids and keeping them all on the path toward successful lives is impressive. A football player publishing math papers is showing off.
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That's pretty Zen. LOL. "Don't be impressed by ANY thing that is done TO impress you."
And, if you wanted, you could probably fold your mind in on itself trying to completely grok this paradox. We DO like to impress others; all of us do. But being appreciated is of value only as a byproduct of something real-er. Why should this be so?
Leather is okay as a byproduct, if the food chain was the real point to start with. Well, maybe it's not okay, but you take the point. Receving honor is okay as a byproduct, if being virtuous was the real point to start with. ... I'm not sure I get that works. Do you?
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A few things that Mariners have done with little or no expectation of praise. These things impress us:
1) Kyle Seager's defense.
2) Ketel Marte listening to his betters after he was promoted.
3) Hisashi Iwakuma doing anything. Such as saying not Word One about any disappointments in his contract negotiation, but that's not a primary example. His every breath seems to be about doing things right for the sake of doing them right, that method is its own reward. It's a pleasure to watch. Have we mentioned we're glad he's BACK.
4) Felix bleeding Blue and Teal, win or lose.
5) Seth Smith never seeming to care that he's totally blinkin' unappreciated. Contrast, say, Dante Bichette's attitude about recognition.
6) Franklin Gutierrez "retiring" and refusing to take money he wasn't going to earn. Blessings to him.
7) Baseball players as a demographic. Contrast NBA players doing everything as if they were posing for posters.
Sports is life,
Dr D
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... ironic isn't it, that baseball is so selfless and humble ... whereas every batter-pitcher matchup is the equivalent of a 1+4 LeBron isolation play :- )
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"I'm not sure I get (how) that works. Do you?" I think God runs His world by using opposites: If we want to live, we must die; to be first, we must be last; to lead, we must serve; to be righteous, we must be sinners. As we never seek the former, but embrace the latter, the former naturally and unconsciously overtakes and envelops us. As a result, God and His people are never, ever front-runners, but ultimately winners.
Dr. D., thanks for a beautiful, insightful picture of this truth from the Ms.
Friedgreensooner
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Which should cause us to suspect that it's part of the human condition. ... Good catch Sooner :- )
When my daughter was 3 years old, she used to like to eat the icing off donuts and leave the cake. We as human beings have a similar tendency, especially me ...
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Totally agree with you on the NBA. Totally!