About Nothing

Some people love to stir up trouble.

Our time together is not going to be like a Seinfeld episode.  The famous sitcom was based on the fact that the show was about nothing; rather I am going to focus on people making something controversial out of something that was nothing if left alone.  There are some people I believe that just love the sound of their own voice. 

 

Case in point, I love sports and used to like sports talk radio.  Anymore though it seems a lot of the talk radio programs are like good cop bad cop, or devil’s advocate.  The show picks a controversial topic or sports event or game and then they start to rant.

This is far too easy to do.  If one athlete fails for a few games to meet expectations they badger him or her.  Then they wonder out loud if that athlete is washed up or not and then go on to over analyze the individual’s performance.  When they do good and exceed they say, “told you so”, or say it was expected.  And in some cases they even over hype his or her accomplishments.  Sometimes they go as far as to talk about legacies or putting someone in the hall of fame. Sadly, we live in a world where emotions run high and override facts. 

So, wait a minute.  I love sports, but sports or just a fun distraction.  No one is saving someone from drowning or curing cancer or helping someone who is down and out.  Even parents often don’t get recognized for raising a child well till their child is grown up. 

  

The hard truth is that in life the significant accomplishments many people do often go unnoticed at the moment they are occurring.  It is the consistency of loving and caring for someone else, day after day, year after year, that only time can judge.

Rather than going on about nothing, we should be doing something significant in its stead.

Swavel