Cleveland Should Have Lost

Cleveland should have lost.

LeBron and company were outplayed and outperformed and on the verge of elimination when lightning struck.

One boneheaded move by Draymond Green turned the entire series upside down and inside out.

And that is part of why I have a love/hate relationship with sports because sometimes your team finds a way to turn a sure thing into a loss.

Truth is I am not a fan of the Warriors or the Cavs so I wasn’t invested on behalf of either team, but as a fan of sports it was fun.

Anything Can Happen

Doesn’t matter whether it is football, basketball, baseball or hockey on any given night anything can happen.

Sure you have teams that are more dominant than others and sometimes there is an extended period of success or failure for franchises.

But the thing is you can’t always predict chemistry or use stats to figure out what will set a team on fire or destroy it.

If you are lucky sometimes you witness the magic and get a chance to feel like you are part of something special.

I like to use some of those moments to help my children understand why I don’t give up on things very easily.

They serve as good examples for why we should work hard and try to put ourselves in a position to succeed even when it doesn’t look like we have a shot.

I figure even if the chance of success is unlikely it doesn’t hurt to teach the kids to run hard for the whole race and not just part of it.

Had Lebron been an ordinary Cav he would have given up like most of them, but he didn’t.

He pushed and convinced them to fight and they won. Don’t expect them to repeat, but that was a big win so regardless of what happens…

I don’t think I am going to fly back to LA for Thanksgiving.

Chances are I’ll be there in December and I think I am going to save the cash for a different trip or opportunity.

Thanksgiving is nice, but we’ll all survive if I am not there.

I figure I’ll take advantage of the time to read some more and catch up on a few things.

Maybe I’ll start a new tradition of Thanksgiving sushi or pizza.

I still have time to change my mind but if I don’t I’ll tell the kids this is part of the commitment I made to run this race and run hard.

2016 has been such a mix of really good stuff alongside some pretty challenging and awful that I can’t stomach the idea of not going hard.

I am the anchor in this tug-of-rope battle and if I let go of the rope there is no one left to pick it up.

Very few would notice anyway and I am ok with that.

The good stuff didn’t happen because of gifts, it happened because of hard work.

It happened because even when things looked grim and winning seemed impossible we kept playing and lightning struck.

I don’t wear a sweater because other people are cold or stop working hard because others say it can’t work.

Good things happen because hard work led to opportunity.

Sometimes the tragedies and triumphs of sport provide great examples of why we should keep on going.

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  1. Bummer about T.G. I’d go with Pizza.
    I was rooting for Cleveland and was glad when the Cavs won. I rooted for the Indians too. It’s tough to root against the Cubs in the series thought fans of both teams are needy and deserving.

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      Joshua Wilner says:

      I have to go with The Cubs, for family reasons if nothing else.

      Reply
  2. kaarinadillabough – Business coach, mentor, muse: lover of life & livin' it to the max! Former Olympic broadcaster/coach. Single malt fan. Passionate about helping others succeed.
    Kaarina says:

    And here I was thinking this was about last night’s Cleveland/Toronto Blue Jays game 😉 Cleveland deserved to win, but that hurts to say because I’m a diehard Jays fan. Keep up the journey!

    Reply
    1. TheJackB – Someone complained that this page doesn’t tell you what to expect to find here in this blog so I aim to rectify this with the next line. I am a father who writes about life, parenting, business, politics and fiction. I don’t use an editorial calendar because I don’t map out what I am going to write that far in advance. The primary focus will be on things that relate to children and parenting. But the nifty thing about that is that encompasses a wide range of things. Sometimes I work with companies on their PR/Marketing efforts. If they provide products or services I will disclose it. Here is an incomplete list of companies that I am currently or have recently worked with: Nintendo, Philips Norelco, Subway, Frigidaire and Mattel. Want to know more about me, keep reading. If I wanted to provide a professional description it would looks similar to this: Jack has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from California State University Northridge. He has been writing for print and web publications for more than twenty years, covering a wide range of topics including: business, technology, parenting, politics, education, sports and religion. That is far too serious so I prefer to use something like: The Jack B. is a writer and author of 39 unpublished books and three screenplays. A former athlete and would be superhero he still fights for truth, justice and the American Way. Though he may look like a grown man, don’t fool yourself he is still a boy at heart. When he is not engaged in Walter Mitty like fantasies he is a husband, father and friend and blogs at TheJackB. Hmm…obviously I have since moved from Random Thoughts over to this place, but that is ok. This page is a work in progress which is a good description for me. I’ll probably tweak this on a regular basis so feel free to keep checking back in because you never know what might show up. I am a prolific writer and update frequently so don’t forget to scroll down the page to see what nugget of wisdom you just might have missed. Here is a short selection of posts to get you started. A Father Describes Parenting A Father’s Burden How Sister’s Helped to Train A Father of “Daddy’s Girl” Inside the Blogger’s Studio- A Dream, Er Nightmare The GermoPhobe What I Dream About I am In Love Becoming a Dad Dad’s Most Important Job A Decade of Dad Grandpa Donuts Why Your Post Sucks and Everyone Hates Your Blog A Letter To My Children- Things That Matter A Letter To My Children-2011 Dad Balances Fear Versus Reality Q&A With Daddy Blogger JackB Save The Last Dance For Me- 75 Years of Marriage An Uncertain Certainty Four Generations & A Wedding The Best Thing My Father Ever Said To Me 1 Foolproof Way To Become a Better Writer The Story Of A House- The Final Days He Died A Hero Twenty-Five Links That Will Make You A Better Writer/Blogger Thanks for coming by, I hope you like it. If you want to reach me use the contact form or try talk-to-jacknow-at-gmail-dotcom You can also find more information by clicking About Me and reading my profile there. Also, I encourage you to sign up for my newsletter using the form on the top right hand side of the page.
      Joshua Wilner says:

      I am a big National League fan so I generally root against all AL teams so… 🙂

      Reply

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