Well, the cynic - for a few days anyway - has been well and truly humbled.
I don't mean to get political, nor will I attempt to make too many comparisons between 22 very well-paid guys kicking a ball around and millions of people of all physical, social and economic stripes turning out (and in) to participate in the single most important event of my lifetime ... how the hell could you?!
I just know that I worried incessantly that things would not go as I or we (many of us anyway) hoped. And my refuge from the "real world" - our game against Atletico - up until that 94th minute, was feeling like a sorry harbinger for what to expect later that evening. I admit - I was bricking it.
But lo and behold:
WHAM! ... the ref gives a penalty (ssh back there) - Stevie slots it home!
SOCKO! ... Florida and Ohio go blue! and;
BOFFO! ... Pennsylvania and Virginia do too! Election called - even on Fox News!
REE-EEE-FRIGGIN'-SULTS!!
One was down to near flawless execution from start to finish, the other - well, not so much. But both were undeniably the by-product of hard work, graft and never giving up when the odds seemed insurmountable.
There's still a lot to be done on both fronts...both are still near the beginning of their respective journeys. And while it's easy to point out what did (or could) go wrong, the Reds are still joint top of the league and joint top of their Champions League group.
And a man who most thought didn't stand a chance in hell of getting near the presidency will be in the White House come January.
Holding on to hope? Audacious as hell. But by gosh, it sure does feel good.
You betcha!
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A lot of people are claiming that we have just been lucky, and I won't argue that they are entirely wrong. But I don't mind acknowledging a little bit of luck, since we happen to be doing so at the (joint) top of the table.
All of a sudden there seems to be more then a few reasons to keep hope alive. Tues night was the first time in a while I was happy when things on the tv went blue....
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