Chasing Happiness One Win at a Time


I enjoy watching YouTube videos. I watch replays of games where my team favs win. I rarely watch replays when they lose. That’s my way of punishing them for not winning all there games. The highly paid players don’t seem to realize that the outcome of the game determines my happiness. I can imagine how they talk at halftime when the outcome of the game is still uncertain.

Tony: “I had a rough night last night. The baby kept waking up and my wife and I took turns getting up. Let’s take it easy this half.”

Sam: “You know Ray’s happiness depends on our winning. If we lose, Ray will be unhappy all day..”

Tony: “What’s Ray’s happiness got to do with me?”

Sam: “Look at it this way. Unhappy Ray won’t watch the replay of our game. We get one less view and like. You know how the owners like us to get lots of likes.”

Tony: “Who does this guy think he is not giving us a like?”

Sam: “It’s better if he doesn’t watch the replay of losing game.”

Tony: “How so?”

Sam: ‘ He used to watch them and then he started adding comments in the comments section and they weren’t pretty. The sports talk show folks picked up on the comments and boom, one of us gets traded.”

Tony: “All this happens because we lose a game and Ray slams us in the comments?”

Sam: That’s the way it works.”

Tony: “I see what you’re saying. Ray’s happiness is my happiness. Let’s win this game I don’t want to move.”

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Think About It

 I have my favorite sports teams. Some I have had since childhood and a few others I’ve picked up along the way. I enjoy watching them compete. I enjoy it when they win. If it’s a big game, the outcome of the contest affects me emotionally. I’ll hit a high note when my team wins and a low note when my team loses. During the contest my emotions often seem as if they are riding a roller coaster. Twenty-four hours after the contest, I’m off to thinking about the next game. Life is a lot like this. We go through a series of ups and downs through life. The ups are not permanent, nor are the lows permanent. As in athletic contests, life asks us to let go of the ups and downs and move on. That’s what the good teams do, they move on. That’s what healthy people do as well, they move on. 

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