Monday; October 7
I got to experience my first in-person NHL game over the weekend. Thanks to my daughter and son-in-law, I got to watch the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins. Even though it was a preseason game, it was pretty cool – literally! As I sat and watched these professional athletes it was easy to spot the mistakes they made. I saw missed shots, people go sprawling along the ice and even a few rules violations. Even as a neophyte, I could see the mistakes they were making; then it dawned on me that they were doing this at full speed on skates on ice. Honestly, I couldn’t do what they were doing in tennis shoes on dry ground, so I quickly gained an even greater respect for these guys. Have you noticed how easy it is to criticize people when they make mistakes? Whether it is a misstep, using the wrong word or just making a bad decision, it is pretty easy to spot another person’s errors. Yet, when we do that do we reflect on ourselves and think about how many times we