It's been an eventful week for Daoist Yankee fans. Lost two out of three to the lowly Orioles, swept by the Rangers, and dropped another two out of three to Tampa Bay.  We've slipped to a half game out in the American League East.  The Red Sox are far enough back that our chances for the playoffs are still very good.  But the team has to win more in the waning days of the season. Trouble could be in the offing

What to do?  Where does one go, if you are Derek Jeter or Robbie Cano, to find the focus and fortitude to pull it out?  The Daodejing (33) knows:

To know people wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment.

To master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength.

To  know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve.

To never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost – that is to live on and on.

They must look inside themselves to find the strength to master their play.  Or, in the more common sports idiom, they must play within themselves.  Which is eminently possible. 

Go Yankees!