I woke up this morning. I decided to take a shower before walking the dog today. As I took a peek outside before jumping in, I was surprised to see everything covered in snow. First thought… what the heck? I thought we were done with snow. It’s March 23!!! Then I thought… that’s right. It IS March 23rd, and this could be our last snowfall; I should enjoy it.
Welcome to my brain. Yep, the brain that is always looking at things half full. Maybe you scoff at this idea, but it is very true. Almost everything that happens can be looked at another way. You can take a negative view, or look at it with a positive perception. BOTH may be true! My wife says I live in a fantasy world…
Speaking of fantasy, I took one to the gut last night in my fantasy basketball playoffs. I’ll be short, since I know you don’t care about my fantasy basketball team. It was neck and neck the whole week, and came down to the last game of the night… the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; that used to be a marquee matchup. Anyways, I was going to win 5 categories and he was going to win 4 categories; it came down to one. I needed to win it; I would lose the tiebreaker. The last category was points. I was up 4 points as the game headed to the 4th quarter. I had Wesley Johnson and he had Ed Davis. The Lakers started playing well in the 4th quarter… catching up to, and blowing out the Sixers. Ed Davis scored a bucket early in the 4th to pull within 2, then he scored another to tie us in points. As the 4th quarter rolled on, I was thinking they would take him out. Nope, they played him the entire 4th quarter. Finally with 2 minutes left, they brought back in Wesley Johnson… but Ed Davis was still on the floor. I started to get a bad feeling. With 1 minute and 15 seconds left on the clock, Ed Davis made a layup… and my fate was sealed. He played the entire 4th quarter. I lost. I was pissed yet thought… this is OK. Now I can focus on other things like the fantasy baseball draft on Thursday night, or more importantly, work. I just got screwed, and kept positive. Rationalization you say? Sure. Something minor? Yep. So what.
This is how I get through the roller coaster of being a fan too. You tell me it’s been 108 years since the Cubs won a World Series, and I’ll tell you it’s only been 38 for me. I wanted to jump off a cliff with the Bulls and Hawks injuries this year. After the initial shock, I searched for the silver lining and thought… hey, they’ll be rested for the playoffs… or this will help build the team depth. Are these statements false? Maybe when something bad happens to your sports team, or you get mad at them, you jump ship and head for another team. Maybe you tell yourself, it’s ONLY sports. Maybe you act like you really didn’t care that much in the first place. Not for me. To get through the ups and downs of the season, I constantly look for the positives… there are always some to find.
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My neighbor told me that it was my fault that it snowed like this today. I told my theory to another neighbor of mine, and he told me “keep telling yourself that”. I will.
You know who else was OK with the snow this morning? My dog; she absolutely loves it. She was rolling around in it for God’s sake. Then I smiled, and started talking to her as we walked down the street; some people will probably think I’m crazy.
OK time to end this rant on being positive. I need to finish getting ready and head to my real job. Oh wait, I have to first go outside and clean off 2 cars. Dammit. I hate this snow.
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