Paper Tigers

After witnessing the verbal posturing that had New York Jet fans convinced they had won the Super Bowl before they set foot on the field were dashed appropriately by a loss to a superior defensive team.  False bravado doesn’t work in football and you never hear anyone bragging about spirituality. People say you have it, and if you claim to posses it,  your record resembles  the Jets, 0 and 1. 

A New Season

We all have our favorite teams we cherish and root for. The first week of the season always signals a new hope because everyone starts out 0 and 0.  We can take on spirituality in the same fashion as a new beginning and a new hope that we can grow as men and feel comfortable in our uniforms and in our own skin. 

Kickoff 2010

Less than a week away from kickoff, and football and it’s many rules will begin yet again. Spirituality has been around much longer than football has and if I can get someone to be motivated to carry it for ten yards it will be more than a first down.  

Roughing the passer is an infraction designed to protect the Quarterback from the most vulnerable position on the field. It is more often called now because of the huge contracts these players command. It might seem like it’s designed for prevention of injury, but it’s purely for commercial reasons. The fact that it might prevent injury is only an ancillary benefit.  

When we get roughed up in our field of play, there is no referee to penalize the miscreant. However it is our ability to stand right back up that commands the respect for ourselves and of others that might do us harm, whether it be by design or by happenstance.  

Football Season is Nigh

Football season is nigh. I am looking forward to the cool days of fall to counter the sweltering summer heat this year has brought. I only have to look out at the dead lawns in my neighborhood to see just how dry the season has been.  I will engage myself in earnest to light up the metaphor bonfire that lies within me when I expound on spirituality with football rules. 

Football Rules Are Very Complex

Spirituality is not at all complex, but it is hard to get know without opening the book and cracking the binder.  I try to practice every day and leave the rule making to the powers that be.  A power greater than myself. 

Wide Right?

I am wondering if I should abandon this project. It seemed like a great idea to move men closer to spirituality. A way to demystify an ethereal concept that we men need more exposure to than ever before. It can be something we can discuss in an open forum. I always like to think that the metaphor of football and spirituality could become kindred spirits, but I am just not sure at the moment anyway.