Yesterday the New England Patriots won the AFC title game and after almost 60 minutes of hard nosed football, the outcome was decided by a miffed field goal. The ball placement on the field was so favorable for the Ravens that everyone thought that with the completion of this field goal, the game was going to go into overtime. It was an easy kick. It was a guaranteed 3 points, it was supposed to tie the game. But it didn't. It went wide left, and the game ended, and the Patriots won the title.
Nothing is a given. In sports or in life. You think you know how things are going to work out, or how you expect them to work out, and BAM, life goes in the opposite direction.
I am a firm believer in living for the day, not the future. When I was young, I used to say to my mother, "I wish I was older" and she would say to me, "stop wishing your life away." I did not pay attention then, probably thinking that she did not know what she was talking about, but thinking back, I am amazed at how wise my mother was.
I think you grow as a person when life throws you a "wide left" moment, I know I have.
January 23, 2012: I am happy to have a hubby who vacuums!
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