Suppose you are on the plate, and you hold a bat in your hand, and your heart is racing. The pitcher is tossed over the shoulder, and the ball cuts back at you. What comes next, you will not know; you will have to swing. That’s life. Unpredictable. Harsh. Gorgeous.

In “The Game In A Nutshell,” Doc Flowers assists us in recalling that faith is not a religious idea- it is having the mental strength that can aid you in continuing to swing despite having the deck stacked against you. Religion was something that could not yield to fear when his son was suffering a dreadful health crisis. A force that drives us to the awakening is the same force that drives us not to surrender when all that is in us is screaming to surrender.

Success does not last forever; failure is no death: It is the determination not to retreat that matters. It takes faith to give you that courage.

The challenges of life are similar to the Marine Corps boot camp- long, grueling and brutal. You do not just get by with faith; you are strengthened. You see that this too will pass is not a platitude but a lifeboat.

In which case, read on with these lessons and stories of tenacity within the andragogical tale amidst the realm of the game in A Nutshell. It may be the thing to get you ready to play your own curveballs.