HARD BALL

Hardball is a 2001 American dramedy film
directed by Brian Robbins.
It stars Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane and D. B. Sweeney.
The screenplay by John Gatins is based on the book
Hardball: A Season in the Projects by Daniel Coyle
I was reminded of it
PAINFULLY
again
this past week with the shootings in Colorado
and even at one of my favorite eateries,
MY FRIENDS on W 117th and Detroit. . .
The movie literally is 20 years old
and most people probably wouldn’t even of thought Keanu Reeves
ever staring in this movie. . .
But those who saw
said it might’ve been his best role.  . .

Why?  Mostly because of the funeral clip that you just witnessed
after his young unsuspected star
was gunned down in crossfire. . .

And just what was so powerful about that clip. . . ?

Simply the power of a life,
a small wave
that became a tsunami
and literally caused a tidal wave
in all the other lives that small
powerful Ripple
havoced on the shores
it touched
and forever changed geographical landscapes.  . .

Do you have that power in you?
 Has the wave long lost its umph and its impact?  

Check your pulse. . .
If you still have one
no matter how powerfully strong
or so seemingly significantly weak
it’s still tsunami causing.  . .

You still have the power
to change the geographical landscapes
of every shore your wave hits. . .
Don’t waste a drop
. . .or a second

Make sure you live your Eulogy
before you become it.  . .