#team rivalry

[valorvictorian-blog]

Ages that represent the pokemon go teams

Mystic: 65 "wisdom" Valor: 16 "rebellion" Instinct: 3 "learning to count"

[rosesofsunshine3]

While I am not super invested in specific sports teams, I think that sports play a large role- and often positive role- in people’s lives. Playing sports can be fun and help us maintain healthy bodies. Interest in sports appears to be part of the human condition even. However, sadly, many sports of ancient times used to be cruel, bloody, and often intentionally to the death… Thank goodness we have (for the most part) come a long way since then! Playing sports is a way of testing our human limits, keeping our bodies healthy, expanding our potential, and learning to work with each other to overcome obstacles. In this respect, playing sports is very good for relationships, the mind, spirit and body. As long as it is not taken to the extreme where it becomes harmful to ourselves or others. As long as it is played for the benefit of people, and isn’t perceived to be more important than people. As long as we don’t value winning and being a good player over being good at life… and we don’t let winning and performance be our measure of people’s worth. Conversely, being invested in watching sports can bring communities and families together in support of others, can be a conversation starter (albeit not one I typically go for), and can inspire people to be active, persevere, and reach their dreams. In this light, being a sports fan can be good for relationships, the mind, spirit, and body. As long as we do not take it to the extreme and create enemies rather than friends and breed hatred rather than support of each other. As long as we don’t spend our lives criticizing others for not performing to our expectations- expectations we do not even fathom we ourselves would ever be able to meet… and we don’t replace our own hopes with watching other people keep healthy, persevere, and overcome obstacles while we only spectate. In her seminal work, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross pointed out that people often fight in wars to overcome their own mortality. It is as if dying in such a way would almost be a par against death itself, and evading death in war, a triumph. In reality though, war chases death and feeds it. Life is not always lived, but if you live, you need not doubt that you will face death in time. Appreciating life is the only way to defeat death. Similar to fighting in wars, I think that sports are a way of pushing our mortal physical bodies to overcome limitations. By doing this, we unite ourself with life. We can win over literal death by prolonging our longevity. We can win over symbolic death by appreciating life and living it to the fullest. Yes, sports can help us do this. While I definitely believe that we can use sports to maintain healthy minds, spirits, bodies, and relationships, let us also remember to continuously evaluate our relationship with sports itself, as with any other interest, lest we become complacent and forget about other important issues present in our lives, relationships, society, and in our world. The confusing thing is that evil cannot create evil, but can only distort what is good and true, or create a smoke screen where we become apathetic to other important things in life or toward people not within our immediate circle of people we know. In his cautious tale, 1984, George Orwell writes: “So long as they (the Proles) continued to work and breed, their other activities were without importance. Left to themselves, like cattle turned loose upon the plains of Argentina, they had reverted to a style of life that appeared to be natural to them, a sort of ancestral pattern…Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.” This may sound extreme and it is. Although I certainly don’t believe there is a master conspiracy to distract us, we certainly do this to ourselves, sometimes to the same effect. A fulfilling life is not merely the sum of its parts, but it certainly requires us to experience all those parts, or it will pass us by. In conclusion, I want to repeat that sports have overall played, and still play, a beneficial role in our individual lives and in human history as a whole. Participation in sports can unite us. It can help children grow into healthy strong adults and help adults continue to push the limits, even throughout old age. It can help people meet each other and form lifelong friendships. Plus, sports can be fun. If it is not fun to you, that is fine too. The world isn’t split by sports teams or by people who love sports and people who don’t. Let’s not split ourselves into people who see this and people who won’t!

Oh yes… Congrats to the Patriots!!! …and great game Seahawks;)

[younghearts-freespirits]

FOREVER LAUGHING BECAUSE THAT WAS SO FUCKING STUPID THANK YOU SHE-HAWKS FOR HAVING A VERY STUPID COACH

I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER THIS

[socialmediaholic-blog]

Making the NJ Devils feel at home. #GoKings #StanleyCup

[mama-of-demons]

Me: I don't understand you!

Joel: Why?

Me: You are from connecticut...Which is in New England...you should support New England teams!

Joel: But Connecticut is between Massachusetts and New York!

Me: Exactly, Massachusetts! So you should be a Bruins fan! I can forgive you for supporting the Giants but the Rangers??? You should be a Bruins fan!!!!!!

[fingerprints-sold-me-out]

What's this I hear about a fight on the field?

I'm in frigging OREGON and can't watch-- someone break it down for me? What happened??