Throw It Down - and Hope For the Best!

I wish you could get off work early, I told my older son. Dad and I are going to watch Ivy's last curling session. You're the only one in the family who was ever on a school curling team.

Yeah, I wish I could come. But at her age [8], there isn't much strategy... Don't they just throw it down and hope for the best? he replied.

Isn't that what all curlers do? I asked... Even adults? Even the professionals?!

I guess so, he replied. But if you look at it that way, isn't that what ALL LIFE is about: YOU THROW IT DOWN - AND HOPE FOR THE BEST?!

Hmmm. Curling: a perfect metaphor for life...