My 9-year-old son Ben’s baseball season came to an end.  We finished with a winning record (barely) at 5-4-1 and many of those four losses could have easily have been wins.  In the end, however, it was an average season.  Good moments, a few nice highs, some downers, a little heartbreak, and some dashes of frustration.  An “Every Season” if there was one.

This was my ninth season as a Little League coach (next year, “Pension Eligible!”).  There have been lots of happy memories and good stories to tell, but the season finale victories were few.  Just like life, which is sprinkled with countless forgettable Thursdays, very few days can be described as “Wow, this is the top of the mountain!”

As Ben’s team hustled off the field and hoped that their final turn at-bat would generate a tying run, I smiled.  I smiled, because they were approaching an average season, like all of us should tackle life’s forgettable Thursdays.  Keep hustling.  Keep trying to score that tying run.  Keep attacking the day.

Live each day with the enthusiasm of a nine-year-old coming to bat and soon those forgettable Thursdays will be filled with memories that fill your days with the extraordinary.