Fifty-percent Expectation
<p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> "50-<span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="theory">theory</span>". <span word="Half">Half</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="normal">normal</span>; <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="half">half</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="worse">worse</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="apendulum">apendulum</span>（钟摆）<span word="swing">swing</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experience">experience</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surprises">surprises</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span>.</p><p><span word="Let">Let</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="benchmark">benchmark</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parameters">parameters</span>: <span word="Yes">Yes</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="die">die</span>. <span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="dealt">dealt</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="friend">friend</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="beloved">beloved</span> <span word="boss">boss</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cherished">cherished</span> <span word="pets">pets</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="violent">violent</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="andagonizing">andagonizing</span>（苦恼的）. <span word="Bad">Bad</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="belongs">belongs</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bottom">bottom</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scale">scale</span>.</p><p><span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="points">points</span>: <span word="romance">romance</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="person">person</span>; <span word="having">having</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="Dad">Dad</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="coaching">coaching</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="son">son</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="baseball">baseball</span> <span word="team">team</span>, <span word="paddling">paddling</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="creek">creek</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boat">boat</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="he">he</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="swimming">swimming</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span>, <span word="discovering">discovering</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="compassion">compassion</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="manifests">manifests</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="kindness">kindness</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="snails">snails</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="vivid">vivid</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="builds">builds</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spaceship">spaceship</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scattered">scattered</span> <span word="pile">pile</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Legos">Legos</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="meadow">meadow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="thegood">thegood</span> <span word="flip">flip</span>-<span word="flop">flop</span> <span word="acrobatically">acrobatically</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="convinces">convinces</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 50-<span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="theory">theory</span>.</p><p><span word="One">One</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="corn">corn</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bottomland">bottomland</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="flood">flood</span>-<span word="prone">prone</span> <span word="thatneighbors">thatneighbors</span> <span word="laughed">laughed</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="chagrined">chagrined</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wasted">wasted</span> <span word="effort">effort</span>. <span word="Summer">Summer</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="brutal">brutal</span>-- <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="air">air</span>-<span word="conditioner">conditioner</span> <span word="died">died</span>,<span word="the">the</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="dry">dry</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="marriage">marriage</span> <span word="ended">ended</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="lost">lost</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="wasliving">wasliving</span> <span word="lyrics">lyrics</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="tune">tune</span> -- <span word="music">music</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="loathed">loathed</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="surging">surging</span> <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="Royals">Royals</span> <span word="team">team</span>, <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Series">Series</span>,<span word="buoyed">buoyed</span>（支撑，鼓励）<span word="my">my</span> <span word="spirits">spirits</span>.</p>
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