Imagine growing up as a nomadic, lonely kid with your parents fighting and struggling to make ends meet. In the midst of all this misery, you have a dream to escape and make something of your life, perhaps becoming a baseball player. A major league baseball player.

This was the dream of Jim Morris.

But like so many of us, Morris's dreams were derailed by a lack of preparedness for the rigors of life. He didn't appreciate it when good things happened, because things had al... More >