"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our baseball team is one of only two teams to never reach the World Series, our basketball team was purchased and sent packing, and our football team seemed to be up against the refs more than the opposing team in our one and only appearance in the Superbowl. But even after all of that, we return each year with a renewed sense of hope and belief that "this" will be Seattle's year. Because above all the disappointments we love our city and the teams that where our colors.
This past weekend was an extremely hard one for Seattle. Injuries were like a secondary opponent. Seahawks went down at a rapid fire pace and the Huskies took a hit as well. The combined game scores for these two games required pain killers for not only the players, but the fans as well. This weekend, however, is a new chance. The scoreboard once again returns to 0-0 and we begin again. Because one loss does not equal an entire season.
Every now and again we need to remind ourselves that it's only a game. These are real men out there getting tossed around, not superheroes. And remember, more than anything else, that nobody's perfect. We wouldn't cast aside a friend going through a rough patch because they were making a few bad decisions along the way, right? So this weekend we'll tune back in and cheer them on once again. Maybe we'll be face defeat, maybe we won't; but when that next great win comes...and it will...we want to be there. We want to be present in the moment to share the victory. Because well, we deserve it too. We deserve to be rewarded for our unending loyalty, our emotional and financial support, and our true belief that this day would come.
Winning isn't everything, but I have to admit it is a whole lot more fun than losing.
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