THE EXPECTATIONS GAME

So today is the day we tie in this blog to sports.  It's going to become a Friday tradition, when possible anyway.  So today, let's start here:  think of all the sports team lately who have had great expectations--but have failed to live up to them.

The Los Angeles Lakers have Kobe, Dwight Howard, and Steve Nash.  But they're struggling to get to .500.  The New York Yankees last fall had one of the highest payrolls in baseball, and were a favorite to get to the World Series.  But they didn't get there.  The New England Patriots recently had one of the best records in the league, and had home field advantage for the conference championship game.  But they lost at home to Baltimore.

Now, all those of you with Moebius, and you parents with children who have it--think of the expectations you have faced.  And think of how low they often are.  So often you parents are told that your children will never accomplish this or that.  Many of you adults probably have met people who automatically assumed you were intellectually disabled (though of course you quickly disabused them of that notion!).

Yet you have so often shown everyone how wrong they were.  You've exceeded their expectations.  I guess that goes to show how life can be.  If you're the Lakers or the Patriots, the expectations you have on paper don't mean a thing, if you don't go out and execute during a game and/or play as a team.  Meanwhile, we with Moebius can do pretty much everything we set out to do---as long as we do our best.  A good thing to keep in mind...

"Remember, there's no such thing as a small act of kindness.  Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."--Scott Adams