Writing what I shouldn't
I read a story online from the Washington Post about the past two decades of the decline of my beloved Washington Redskins. It didn't paint a pretty picture of things in Washington; from bad ownership to lackluster personnel in the front office, to a topless photo shoot of some of the cheerleaders a few years ago to entertain some important season ticket holders.
And then the team went out today and put up a donut against the Eagles.
I know it's been a tough season. Four starting quarterbacks. 24 players on Injured Reserve (a team is a 53 man roster) doesn't help, either. I get it's been a tough season, and I figured it would be when I first heard Alex Smith was going to be the team's starting quarterback. I'm a big Alex Smith fan from his days in Utah. I'm sad things didn't go well for him in Washington, and I hope he never plays football again after the horrific injury he suffered during the season.
So, I did something today I've never done before: I spoke out on the team's social media page. Enough finally got to be enough. I'm not in DC to not buy tickets. I am in Utah where I can not buy (and didn't again this year) Sunday Ticket. I can't even get the Sunday night game on DirecTV but that's a KSL thing that's been going on since August.
I felt like I had to say something, and me, being me, chose to make my point with a little bit of sarcasm. The team changed their cover page to a burgundy background and these familiar letters:
HTTR
My reply was: Changing your cover page. THAT's gonna make everything all better.
I guess it made me feel better for about a minute, and then I remembered that snarky really isn't all that becoming. It was better than what I wanted to say. I did find a chance to redeem myself and explain in another comment that ownership doesn't seem to be getting the message from dwindling attendance and lackluster TV ratings that something needs to change, so we're left with this. (meaning commenting on posts)
And that's going to be the end of it for me. I could care less if anybody agrees with me or not, but I can see how people fall into a trap. Enough people like it, and you comment again. And again, and pretty soon, it's your reality.
But not mine.
I could write a lot about politics, our President, our lack of any kind of leadership at the Federal level, and so on. But at the same time, I really feel convicted to be a-political. A lot of my personal life has become the same as the day before. I work, I come home. I get to do things as God opens and closes doors, and I try to fight with myself to stay on the right path. Sometimes it's more a struggle than I let on. Sometimes, good looks pretty darn good but I'm still holding out for best.
I got to spend some time with best recently. I'm thankful for that.
With all that, it's easy to write in the wrong places, or the wrong things. I think sometimes it's necessary to say things. I told a friend at church today he really needed to turn off Fox News. He didn't like that. I didn't care, but I do care that he's a friend, so I found another thing to talk about. I did tell him though that history tells me that we're heading in a bad direction as a country. Sometimes silence is complicity.
I can be a-political without being complicit.
I find that's the difficulty these days. What to write about, so I decided that I need to start keeping more of a journal. I quit for a while when things kind of fell apart.
My new year's eve resolution is to write in a journal every day before bed. It's going to mean adjusting my schedule a bit. But it's writing what I should, and not what I shouldn't.
And then the team went out today and put up a donut against the Eagles.
I know it's been a tough season. Four starting quarterbacks. 24 players on Injured Reserve (a team is a 53 man roster) doesn't help, either. I get it's been a tough season, and I figured it would be when I first heard Alex Smith was going to be the team's starting quarterback. I'm a big Alex Smith fan from his days in Utah. I'm sad things didn't go well for him in Washington, and I hope he never plays football again after the horrific injury he suffered during the season.
So, I did something today I've never done before: I spoke out on the team's social media page. Enough finally got to be enough. I'm not in DC to not buy tickets. I am in Utah where I can not buy (and didn't again this year) Sunday Ticket. I can't even get the Sunday night game on DirecTV but that's a KSL thing that's been going on since August.
I felt like I had to say something, and me, being me, chose to make my point with a little bit of sarcasm. The team changed their cover page to a burgundy background and these familiar letters:
HTTR
My reply was: Changing your cover page. THAT's gonna make everything all better.
I guess it made me feel better for about a minute, and then I remembered that snarky really isn't all that becoming. It was better than what I wanted to say. I did find a chance to redeem myself and explain in another comment that ownership doesn't seem to be getting the message from dwindling attendance and lackluster TV ratings that something needs to change, so we're left with this. (meaning commenting on posts)
And that's going to be the end of it for me. I could care less if anybody agrees with me or not, but I can see how people fall into a trap. Enough people like it, and you comment again. And again, and pretty soon, it's your reality.
But not mine.
I could write a lot about politics, our President, our lack of any kind of leadership at the Federal level, and so on. But at the same time, I really feel convicted to be a-political. A lot of my personal life has become the same as the day before. I work, I come home. I get to do things as God opens and closes doors, and I try to fight with myself to stay on the right path. Sometimes it's more a struggle than I let on. Sometimes, good looks pretty darn good but I'm still holding out for best.
I got to spend some time with best recently. I'm thankful for that.
With all that, it's easy to write in the wrong places, or the wrong things. I think sometimes it's necessary to say things. I told a friend at church today he really needed to turn off Fox News. He didn't like that. I didn't care, but I do care that he's a friend, so I found another thing to talk about. I did tell him though that history tells me that we're heading in a bad direction as a country. Sometimes silence is complicity.
I can be a-political without being complicit.
I find that's the difficulty these days. What to write about, so I decided that I need to start keeping more of a journal. I quit for a while when things kind of fell apart.
My new year's eve resolution is to write in a journal every day before bed. It's going to mean adjusting my schedule a bit. But it's writing what I should, and not what I shouldn't.
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