With less than a week till Thanksgiving, we all have something to be thankful for. More importantly, we all have someone or many someones to be thankful for.
Some things to be thankful for:
Life - Hey, I'm still living and breathing as I type this, so I have to be thankful for that. Without it, I don't know you, and you don't know me. Maybe you don't want to know me - but tough.
Family - Granted, it's a collection of someones. But I think that lumping the family together is appropriate given what they do for me as a collective unit. I love my family - which yes, includes pets - and they love me back. There's no questioning this. I couldn't live without them. This includes immediate and otherwise.
Friends - I could probably leave this category out, since many of my friends have turned into family and are actually embraced as family by my own family. I feel like I'm in several families myself with the friends that I have gotten to know over the years. On one hand, you get a family based on birth, which is your real family. Once you grow older, this is when you pick your extended family (your friends). In both cases, my extended family and my real family are big parts of me and define who I am. I've always believed that the friends you have are a true reflection of who you are as a person. I have great friends, and I am a greater man because of it.
Employment - In this day and age, it can't be understated how good it is to have a steady job that pays the bills. I work with a great company with a great boss who has my back and appreciates the work that I do. In March, I will be going to Costa Rica on a company trip with these folks. I'm really happy to be with this company and the people who are in it.
Sports - Everyone who knows me and reads this blog knows of my passion for sports. Ever since I was the age of 5 or 6, I've been a sports nut. I'd wake up early even in grade school and watch the 30 minute Sportscenter on repeat 4-5 times over before going to school. I've memorized & internalized an unhealthy amount of sports facts and trivia. However, as I have become an adult, I realize the true role that sports have in my life. They are a distraction, they provide us entertainment and pointless arguments. At the end of the day when the game is over, we still have our lives to live. We still have all of the above things I've mentioned to appreciate. So my fellow sports fans: never lose perspective on what sports provide to us and how they should be in our lives.
(Digression alert: I usually try avoiding arguments with people and sports though - when our teams lose, many people think they are smarter than the coaches and general managers and think we can hire better coaches and design better plays and strategies, when in fact we don't know a tenth of what these guys know)
There's probably plenty more to be thankful for, but most of it in my life can be traced to the above items.
Like my reflection on Veterans last week, make sure that today and beyond, you appeciate and be thankful for everything good that is around you. Our time in this world is limited, so don't spend it being angry or upset.
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving. Show all posts
11/25/2010
Merry Thanksgiving
Postings aren't as frequent, probably because I have had mild writer's block and haven't been betting on as many games. Also there's school and work which mentally drain me on many a week. I guess I could keep making excuses, but as one of my recent teachers said to me, "No excuses". Which is right: an excuse is usually a bull shit reason for not doing something. Sometimes excuses are legitimate, but often they are us not owning up to our mistakes and taking responsibility for shit that goes wrong. Ever since said teacher told me of this advice, I've been trying to avoid making excuses and just attempt to do things right if I've made a mistake in a process of something.
With that being said, I'm sorry for those who listened to my NU over Illinois advice from last week. As an Illini fan, I figured that game would have stayed within a touchdown, which it did through halftime. Luckily, the bet didn't get booked on my end. With that free $110 to play with, I will make my Thanksgiving bet:
New Orleans -4 at Dallas: Hopefully I'll get the line at 3, but I'm anticipating 4. Dallas is finally starting to look like the team they were projected to be. Obviously, Romo being out isn't part of the plan, but Kitna has done a serviceable job. A few weeks ago, this line would have probably been NO -6 or 7, but the two Dallas wins have pushed this down a bit. I find value in NO here. I think NO will win by a touchdown or more and we'll see the NO's of previous years continue to come to form in 2010. Brees throws 3 TDs, and Bush will open up the field a little more for everyone else. I know he's questionable, but I don't see how he doesn't come back to show his skills on a national game.
If it loses, no excuses....except that NO didn't follow the script.
But that won't happen. Go Saints.
And Merry Turkey Day to all. Embrace the inner glutton in you and keep all the starving people of Indiana in your thoughts as you chow down on that biscuit smothered in gravy.
With that being said, I'm sorry for those who listened to my NU over Illinois advice from last week. As an Illini fan, I figured that game would have stayed within a touchdown, which it did through halftime. Luckily, the bet didn't get booked on my end. With that free $110 to play with, I will make my Thanksgiving bet:
New Orleans -4 at Dallas: Hopefully I'll get the line at 3, but I'm anticipating 4. Dallas is finally starting to look like the team they were projected to be. Obviously, Romo being out isn't part of the plan, but Kitna has done a serviceable job. A few weeks ago, this line would have probably been NO -6 or 7, but the two Dallas wins have pushed this down a bit. I find value in NO here. I think NO will win by a touchdown or more and we'll see the NO's of previous years continue to come to form in 2010. Brees throws 3 TDs, and Bush will open up the field a little more for everyone else. I know he's questionable, but I don't see how he doesn't come back to show his skills on a national game.
If it loses, no excuses....except that NO didn't follow the script.
But that won't happen. Go Saints.
And Merry Turkey Day to all. Embrace the inner glutton in you and keep all the starving people of Indiana in your thoughts as you chow down on that biscuit smothered in gravy.
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