Why do we give our hearts and emotions to sports teams? I confess, i’m guilty. When my teams win, my sun is brighter, the sky bluer. When they lose, especially a big game, it’s as if someone gave me a solid punch in the stomach. It’s not good. It makes sense to stop giving our heart and emotions to our favorite teams. I can’t. I don’t think it’s an addiction. I think we see our teams as having the potential to lift us out of a sometime dreary day. They symbolize what we aspire to. Yes, we all want to succeed. We all want to stand on the top step of the podium, if only metaphorically. Maybe we already do and don’t realize it. I’ll continue to root for my teams and live and die with them. Not only do they represent what I aspire to, but they teach me, there will be another chance, another game or contest. It may have to wait a year. Yah, I can wait. Wait until next year, we’ll show them!
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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.
