Another boy about his age, walking by on the adjacent path, stuck his nose through the wire fence to call out, "Strike one!" "We're not playing with strikes here!" Eli shouted back.
A man-shaped thing and a dog-shaped thing trundle along a wooded path, sticking out from their surroundings like the sorest of thumbs.
People don't have jobs for life any more – portfolio careers and the gig economy mean there is less pressure on graduates to pick one career path and stick to it.
What's more, it's possible that our horizons have become too broad, and that real spiritual breakthroughs require a kind of narrowing — the decision to pick a path and stick with it, rather than hopscotching around in search of a synthesis that "works for me".
However, if the eurozone leaders take the opposing path and stick to their demands for further cuts if Greece wants to stay in the euro, they will be seen to be ignoring the will of the Greek people – not good for burnishing the EU's democratic credentials.
Stay tuned to Game Studios in the upcoming months to see what they develop, especially if they opt to continue down Zynga's path and stick with Facebook or branch out on their own.
Life is simpler when you choose one path and stick to that path.
To pick a single path and stick with it, marching along with resolute determination toward a finite point marked "happiness" or "success" or "fulfillment".
And on a slope overlooking the village, a clutch of teenage boys jogged up a grassy path, swinging sticks and chanting songs, in preparation for their circumcision ceremony — a traditional rite of passage that Mr. Mandela underwent near 80 years ago.
It is not clear, though, whether a different starting point will truly "recalibrate" these workers' long-term career aspirations — that is, whether their newfound paths will stick, or if they will jump to more lucrative careers when jobs are more plentiful.
