JJ Valencia

After graduating high school, Paul Marshall Jr., a young man with Down syndrome, stopped at his mother’s grave to tell her he did it. She passed away when he was 9.

I committed suicide in 2015. I drank a 5th of whiskey, a bottle of wine while downing 30 serequel pills and 20 clonopin pills. While I was waiting to pass out and never wake up, a voice told me "Michael. call 911" I was almost incoherent in my thoughts. The voice was insistent now "Michael, call 911". I never talked to myself in the 3rd person. It was weird. I looked at my hand. The phone was there. I was never a phone person. I don't know where it came from. I dialed 911. I explained to the person I had done the pills and drink. She asked if I could make it to the door. I said I could. I walked to the door and went outside. There was a police car driving up at that same moment. It was as if it was meant to happen. He asked for my ID. I gave it to him. Then I was gone. I remember a little about being transferred to an ambulance. I woke in a hospital bed 2 days later. I was happy. I could not understand it. I was happy. I felt good. I was telling jokes and having a good talk with the hospital staff as they were getting me ready to be transferred to a mental hospital. I finally understood how the Lord saved me. I have never been the same, since. I can't explain it. I was saved and saved. I am not worthy but I was spared hell. I got healthy. I went from 250lbs to 170. I read my bible. My non military PTSD was a thing I could deal with without pharma. I now take no meds. So, here I am, alone, no need for social appeasement. Only to gather the lay of the land and make dumb posts, sometimes. May you all be blessed as I have been. Thank you, Lord.

honey the kids are hitting 900s in pools…

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office. Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known. He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions. Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?" I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well." The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year. Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there. But at game time, the tires were flat. I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands. Now it was time to reset. "Shower well" means exactly this: • Watch the frustration circle down the drain • Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind • Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight. Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization. I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball. Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home. You can carry all of that through your front door. Or you can shower well. I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them. The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up. Either we win. Or we learn. The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day. So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well. Tomorrow is a new at-bat. What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

Relievers... always making an entrance.

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HOW LIFE FEELS AFTER SUCCESSFULLY DIGGING YOURSELF OUT OF THE HOLE NOBODY KNEW YOU WERE IN.

One of the best baseball commercials ever 🤣

Sixteen years ago, one man stood alone on a grassy hill at a music festival in Washington State, USA, and started dancing by himself. People glanced over and looked away. Some laughed. His roommate leaned in and warned him people were filming him. He did not stop. Then one stranger got up and joined him. Then another. Then the hillside tipped. Within minutes, hundreds of people were sprinting from across the field to be part of something that, thirty seconds earlier, had been one man being laughed at in a field. Someone filming from higher up the hill said quietly: "See what one man can do. One man can change the world." The clip spread across the internet in 2009. Entrepreneur Derek Sivers played it at a TED conference to explain how movements actually begin. Not with the first person brave enough to start, he argued, but with the first person willing to join them. Collin Wynter, the man dancing alone, later said he had no idea he had done anything special. He was just tired of watching everyone sit still.

Pierre Rondo Jr. just Played in his first State Tourney.. Hes 13 years old, had to leave middle school early to Play in the Kentucky State Tourney.. Something no other Rondo has done before.. He’s playing against 19 year old hold back seniors and all that.. Vs Lyon County.. 25 PTS 7 AST 4 REBS He is the best 8th Grader in KY history and the best Player in the state of Kentucky. This is crazy..

High Point student radio call of the game is what it is all about

Jared Goff wouldn’t be here today if Richard Sherman didn’t save him from #31

Withdrawn but not forgotten in today’s NFL you can pick up a ball after a play is whistled incomplete, turn around with it and walk back towards midfield and four minutes later have it count for two points 🤔🤷‍♂️

The bad news: Team USA lost to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic Final last night. The good news: Venezuela’s Eugenio Suárez gave glory to Jesus Christ BY NAME on national television for ALL to see 🙏 “God is good. All the glory is for Lord Jesus...He was with us the whole time. We have to glorify, put his name in front of everything”

His coach paused the game so he could break his fast.

Unfortunately no, I did not get a @Tesla but I GOT MY X ACCOUNT BACK! No longer Hacked!

The Cal Raleigh/Randy Arozarena “beef” explained (Ted Lasso fans know)

WOW. What a beautiful home ballpark @UVUbsb has.

@Zigmanfreud This made me sad… Imagine how it is for us who came of age in the '60s or '70s. We had it made but didn't know it. Now we watch our grandchildren get confused by all the noise. Go outside and play? They don't know how!