FINAL BLOG!!!!

In a world filled with brilliant minds, I have a distinct mind of my own. I believe that I have been blessed with a very creative mind. Often I try to conjure different ways to think about certain, or like some like to say: "I think outside the box." Some people say that if, you try to stand out with new ideas or philosophies, you are trying to make yourself seem better than others. However, I feel that by doing your own thing, you create a since of individuality and nonconformity which is essential in the development of who you are as a person. I exemplified many things in time as a blogger. I exhibited curiosity by always trying to come up with new and distinct ideas. I get bored with the "norm," I need something new and exciting to keep my interest. I challenged my own beliefs by not just assuming that what I thought was true was true. I made it a point to always attempt to prove my beliefs to be true. Therefore, I will feel firmer in my beliefs and not have second thoughts or guesses. The third and final trait that I exemplified was my generating of hypotheses. I generated my hypothesis and I sought to prove it through blogging about it and finding information that corresponded to my hypothesis. One thing that I learned during my blogging days was that inches matter. Some may think that because inches are so small and insignificant, they don't matter. However, that small distance could be the decisive factor between a multitude of different outcomes.

One Final Thought

Growing up, I would always think to myself "why do things happen to me?" This is a very valid proposition because if you think about it, life is constantly decided by the difference of inches. Things happen for a reason, and that reason is inches. You may decide to set your coffee on the dash of your car as you are pulling out of your driveway as opposed to the normal area of resting, the cupholder. However, this morning you hit a pothole and that cup of coffee spills all over your dress slacks, instead of spilling on the vacant seat next to your cup holder. You have to turn around and go change your pants at your house because you were on your way to an extremely important job interview. Because you had to go change your clothes, you run late to the interview and don't get hired. Little did you know that the woman who would have worked in the cubicle right next to you would later become your wife. So now you are jobless and womanless all because of a matter of inches. I could go on and on about how thsi ripple effect could continue but I think that you guys grasp the idea I am attempting to convey. In this game we like to call life, things happen one and they affect our life one way or the other. These inches create our life and without them our lives could theoretically be drastically different from now. Just remember that inches do matter no matter how small.

Bill Buckner 1986 World Series Error

In October of 1986, in game 6 of the World Series between The Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, one fateful play that occured haunts Red Sox fans to this day. Two words: Bill Buckner. Nicknamed "the error heard around the world," Red Sox first basemen Bill Buckner let a routine groundball trickle between his legs allowing the game winning run to score. The Sox were leading the series 3-2 going into the game, but this error committed in the bottom of the 9th inning allowed the Mets to win and tie the series. The play would have been the 3rd out and ended the game, giving the Red Sox a World Championship for the first time since 1918. However, this would not be the case. Buckner raised his glove up moments too soon, allowing the ball to roll between his legs and down the first baseline. Instead of leaving the stadium that night Champions of the World, the Boston Red Sox would lose the next game, handing the World Series to the New York Mets. To this day, Red Sox fans cringe at the very mention of the words "Bill Buckner." It is safe to say that the inches did not fall in the right way for this lonesome Red Sox player.