My girls think I'm weird because I love football, especially college football. I had hoped that maybe one of them would join me in the excitement of watching a game but alas, I'm still waiting....sort of. My second oldest just started her first year of college this fall. She happens to be attending the rival college of my former University.
Tonight is the rival football game on ESPN. My Alma mater is losing presently. Surprisingly, I'm not feeling so bad about it. What's up with that I wonder? If my team were playing ANY other team right now - I would be climbing the walls in frustration.
It seems funny how having kids can change your priorities. What's important to them becomes most important to us. We don't have to agree on everything, but will often sacrifice our own desires in support of theirs. Life was never meant to be a competition of who wins or loses, or who gets the glory and who doesn't. Life is about achieving happiness.
So maybe my girls are right...I must be weird since only I seem to find spiritual insight from a rival football game! All I know is that I'm rooting for the team that directly affects my daughter's happiness, whether it be her school or mine. It's what I plan to do for the rest of her life. THAT'S what makes ME happy!
Yeah, I know it's only a football game BUT it can also be a great life lesson learned.
(btw, now my team is ahead. Perhaps I should start this post over? Nah!
Rah Rah Rah!
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