Things Aren’t Always As They Appear

// October 2nd, 2009 // Uncategorized

One of the things I noticed when I first arrived in the Dominican was the players hear just didn’t seem to work that hard. A lot of young men here push the chips all in on baseball at very early age. You would think that would make them hungrier, but that didn’t seem to be the case. I was expecting them to be working every bit as hard as I worked as an athlete in the States if not harder. I had a fall back when I was playing. I was playing for fun. They are playing to make a living, to find a way out. So it bothered me that they often seemed nonchalant. Then I realized they were… hungry. Not hungry to become baseball players but hungry for the basic nutrition that we take for granted back in the States. Of course they weren’t working that hard, they hadn’t eaten. That broke my heart and provided me a large amount of guilt for judging their effort without fully understanding.

What experiences do you have with things not being as they appear at first glance? What complications did that cause or how did you remedy the situation?

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One Response to “Things Aren’t Always As They Appear”

  1. Annette Taylor says:
    October 5, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    I really hate when that happens….I think I know why someone acts one way, then found out I was completely off. My small group studied The Woman at the Well a few weeks ago and it reminded me of this. It appeared as though she was just thirsty, but Jesus saw a deeper need there. It's just a great example of things not being as they appear.

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