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I once read that most of the unresolved issues we are facing has to do with the early splitting that we experienced. By splitting, they refers to the conflicts at the young age whether it be taught or experienced. This can be from growing up with a parent who has a very strong inclination toward good and evil, right and wrong as categories for measuring a person's worth. Recently I have met a number of people who are struggling with strong emotions that they would like to get rid of. A haunting unmet desire. An unresolved feeling of loss. A relational tension that does not go away and many others. While pondering and experiencing this myself, I am reminded of the vast majority in our world who embrace the concept of reincarnation, the cycle of life that is unending. This to me seems like a projected psyche into the construction of one's world view. It is the unending cycle of unresolved issues. And once it is resolved, the cycle does not exit. On a number of occasions I told my supervisees in pastoral counseling that revisitting an issue is certainly an important part of therapy and that resolving is not a onetime since issues have a way of attaching themselves to various dimensions of life. Hence one needs to go through the cycle again and again but each time a few more dimension may be addressed. It is also interesting, in my own experience, that we often use metaphors to help us resolve some immediate issues. And while metaphors are effective, it has its own limited time frame in terms of effectiveness. And overtime, one may have to move on creating another metaphor that can function better. But in each of this progression, there is indeed, a gradual movement toward resolving the unresolved.
Solving the Unresolved
May 8, 2009 by sirojs
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Mustangs top Trojans for share of 28-5A lead
Day falls short of shutout but gets 'W' in district tilt
Even as the regular season draws to a close, nothing is certain when it comes to District 28-5A baseball.
King (6-3 district, 18-10 overall) outlasted Moody 3-1 Tuesday night at Cabaniss Field, forging a three-way tie for first place between the Mustangs, Trojans (6-3, 23-7) and Ray (6-3, 26-5), which defeated Miller 11-1 on Monday.
The second game of Tuesday night's doubleheader between Victoria Memorial and Carroll was halted in the top of the third with the Vipers leading 1-0. It was moved to 7 p.m. tonight at the same location.
Ricky Day's shutout bid ended in the bottom of the seventh when Tomas Tovar drove in Ramsey Gonzalez on a sacrifice fly to center field, bringing the Trojans to within two runs. With runners on second and third and only one out, Day struck out Jacob Perales and forced Peter Esquivel into a pop fly to end the game.
"They know that the game is never over until the last out," first-year King coach Rene Castillo said. "The game can turn around at any time, so you have to attack it 100 percent. The kids really came prepared.
"They played their hearts out, like it was their last game."
Mustangs come out running
King set the tone early by scoring two runs in the top of the first.
Matt Beveridge led off the game with a walk and moved to third on a base hit to left field by John Mendez. Moody's James Woods missed the ball as he was charging in to make the play, allowing Beveridge to score and give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.
Marc Benavides followed with a single to score Mendez and put the Trojans in a quick 2-0 hole.
"Without that, it would've been a much tougher battle," Castillo said. "You can never count Moody out, because they can always come back on you. That built some momentum for us and we just kept going from there."
King increased its advantage in the third, scoring a run on the inning's second wild pitch by Moody's Gonzalez.
Mendez led off with a base hit to left and took second on Gonzalez's first errant throw. He tried to score on a single up the middle by Benavides, but center fielder Jacob Morales threw out Mendez at the plate.
Having advanced to second on the throw home, Benavides went to third on a ground out by Day. Benavides managed to score when Gonzalez's second offering to Michael Hunter hit the dirt and rolled to the backstop.
"We had one error in left field they scored on. They probably wouldn't have otherwise," Moody coach Corky Gallegos said. "They also had a passed ball they scored. Those things happen in a game sometimes."
For the Trojans, the lack of offense hurt the most.
Day allowed only five hits, each of those coming in a different inning. Moody left the bases loaded twice and stranded 11 total runners, including eight in scoring position.
"That's just the way the game goes," Gallegos said. "We have to produce runs and do certain things defensively win and today we weren't able to capitalize on our opportunities."
The regular season ends Friday with a tripleheader at Cabaniss Field, beginning with Moody and Miller. Ray then hosts Victoria Memorial before Carroll and King meet in the nightcap.
Given the situation, Gallegos doesn't mind enduring the frantic finish.
"It's really coming down to the wire," he said. "I'm enjoying every moment of it."
District 28-5A
At Cabaniss
King2010000 - 3 11 3
Moody0000001 - - 5 2
WP - Ricky Day (3-5). LP - Ramsey Gonzalez (4-1). 2B - K, Matt Beveridge. Highlights - K, Beveridge 1-3, R, John Mendez 3-4, R, Marc Benavides 2-4, RBI, R, Day 2-3, Michael Hunter 1-3, Joe Hassette 1-3, Scott Garza 1-3; M, Gonzalez 1-4, R, Andrew Perez 1-4, Peter Esquivel 1-4, Josiah Rodriguez 2-3. Records - King 6-3 district, 18-10 overall; Moody 6-3, 23-7.
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