A friend of mine has always sought his father’s approval in sports, but he never got it. When he played baseball as young lad, he was never a starter. In high school he was always second or third string on every team, and his dad was very critical of him for that reason. He studied hard in college, eventually became a lawyer, and recently became a judge. When he went to his father telling him about his new job, hoping to impress him, his dad said “So what, you’re still on bench!” What the…