I kept the faith the entire game. It wasn’t easy, but I did.
In the 2015 Super Bowl when Seattle was on the Patriot’s 1 yard line with 26 seconds left, it looked grim. Very grim. I have watched a lot of football games in my life, so like a doctor who can look at an injured person and see the signs of death in them, I could look at the situation for the Patriots and sense that the noose had tightened around their necks.
When Malcolm Butler intercepted that ball, I was speechless, and simply couldn’t react. I didn’t jump up with my buddies. I just sat there dumbly staring at the television. It just couldn’t register with me.
When it did, it made me realize that no matter how hopeless an outcome can potentially be, it can still happen. There is always a chance.
So, when I watched this game last night, I refused to call the game, even when the Patriots team was down 28-3. Someone in the crowd I was with said it was going to be an embarrassing defeat.
I said “I don’t see it that way. I see this as a chance for a historic opportunity for the Patriots to cement their legacy as the greatest football team ever by coming back from the biggest point deficit ever to win the game.”
All in all, that is not a bad life lesson to know in your heart, that as hopeless as something may seem, there is always a chance. I hope that if I am in a situation where I or those I love are faced with a seemingly hopeless situation, that I can help get out of that situation by never giving up and calling it a lost cause.
I know it is only a football game, but...I think it did provide me with more than simple entertainment that night in 2015. Tonight was proof for me that it isn’t a fluke. There can always be hope, however remote.
In Brady we Trust!
That’s “POST OF THE YEAR” prose right there.
“applause”
So grateful to be alive this morning - to wake up to this incredible lift for the whole country.
During the game I was quietly praying to see what was infinitely possible.