SilverFox
Well-Known Member
All of this talk is making me feel more bitter than I have ever wanted to feel about football. Eleven over paid men running around a pitch kicking a ball around takes up so much of my energy and effort and I can't for the life of me understand why anymore.
I think I have lost all clarity and understanding of what the whole thing is about, or at least that was what I was thinking until I saw a short feature on the news. It related to kids with terminal illnesses and serious physical disabilities. They met up at an activity centre to enjoy what they could in life out of the very poor hand they have been dealt. Anyway, to the point, some Spurs players turned up to kick a ball around and meet these kids, and suddenly watching this it all made sense to me. Some of these kids didn't have much by way of quality of life, or in some instances much of a life left, but seeing their heros made their eyes light up. They were smiling and laughing and talking with people who really meant something to them, and for a little while the problems that they had were gone.
I watched this with tears in my eyes because it was sobering and put things into a great deal of perspect. What is the point in getting so upset about a game, what is the point in worrying about league positions, relegation battles, or whether or not a manager is doing his best. Who really cares!!!!! I am willing to bet that so many of us are truely lucky with what we have, clothes on our backs, air in our lungs, the love of family and friends, health, a roof over our heads and food to eat, kids of our own who lead full and happy childhoods...
so when things don't always go well with regard to eleven overpaid blokes kicking a ball around, and you feel that you are getting frustrated and you want to shout out in anger...stop for one moment, why expend all this energy on something so unimportant.
Just a thought
I think I have lost all clarity and understanding of what the whole thing is about, or at least that was what I was thinking until I saw a short feature on the news. It related to kids with terminal illnesses and serious physical disabilities. They met up at an activity centre to enjoy what they could in life out of the very poor hand they have been dealt. Anyway, to the point, some Spurs players turned up to kick a ball around and meet these kids, and suddenly watching this it all made sense to me. Some of these kids didn't have much by way of quality of life, or in some instances much of a life left, but seeing their heros made their eyes light up. They were smiling and laughing and talking with people who really meant something to them, and for a little while the problems that they had were gone.
I watched this with tears in my eyes because it was sobering and put things into a great deal of perspect. What is the point in getting so upset about a game, what is the point in worrying about league positions, relegation battles, or whether or not a manager is doing his best. Who really cares!!!!! I am willing to bet that so many of us are truely lucky with what we have, clothes on our backs, air in our lungs, the love of family and friends, health, a roof over our heads and food to eat, kids of our own who lead full and happy childhoods...
so when things don't always go well with regard to eleven overpaid blokes kicking a ball around, and you feel that you are getting frustrated and you want to shout out in anger...stop for one moment, why expend all this energy on something so unimportant.
Just a thought
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