WHY WE DIG SPORTS
When you have a secret, can you keep it from even those closest to you?
"Yep, like the best poker player."
When you're angry or upset about something, can you hide it from other people?
"Sure, I just smile and keep quiet."
When you're skiing the moguls, can you fake being better than you really are?
Errr, no.
How about rock climbing, if you say you climb 5.12 but it's simply not true, when it comes time will you rise to it?
Not a hairy fingernails chance. Same with baseball, football, golf, cycling, race car driving, all of them.
That's the thing about sports, you can't fake anything. You can't hide from the truth in sports like you can the rest of life. You can't pretend to be stronger, faster, more intelligent, more charming, more sexy than you really are. And so sports, my friends, are the ultimate mirror. A mirror solidly held and no matter how much you try to squirm away, you cannot avoid the reflection.
That's why I choose Sports as Spiritual Practice, as my church. No bullshit. Just living.
They bring us to our knees and little else does...
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