The Diamondbacks finished their end of the season collapse yesterday when the Mets and Braves split their doubleheader, knocking the Dbacks out of the playoffs.

Over the next few days pundits will look over the last few games and try to find the moment that cost them the post season. Most might even agree that it was the last game against the Brewers in which they squandered an 8 run lead.

But the reality is that there isn’t one moment that cost them. It’s a culmination of all the moments of the season, when added up and taken as a whole, just wasn’t good enough.

The same happens when a team loses a game. Even if it’s just one play, one pitch, or one penalty, that costs them. The reality is that every moment of the game counts, and if any one of them had gone differently, then the game might have ended differently.

The same is true for our lives. There’s never just one moment that costs us something. It’s always a culmination of all the moments we have lived. All the interactions.

Realizing this helps us be better. When we realize that each moment matters, we take each moment more seriously.

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