but it usually aint.
Humans are a jealous bunch and we seem to think that everyone else has it better. Most of us think that our families are pretty wacky while everyone else has a pretty normal household. My guess is more families are closer to Malcolm in the Middle than Leave it to Beaver.
I got to see this human condition play out up close and personal this past weekend. I took my daughter to Minnesota to play in a hockey tournament. I assumed that Minnesota hockey would be perfect. Dialed into perfection. Great ice, NHL caliber refs, fantastic scoreboard and time keepers.
Wrong.
Really wrong.
The ice was frequently bad. They had only one person to handle the clock, scoreboard, sports engine, and penalty box. More often than not penalties didn't even make it to the scoreboard, and players had to self release from the penalty box when they thought the penalty was up because of course it wasn't on the scoreboard. And a couple of the refs couldn't even get offsides and icing calls right little less tuffer stuff like boarding or the goalie freezing the puck in the crease. While missed calls are part of the game, when a bunch are missed the game can get dangerous and ugly in a hurry.
Moral of the story---if Minnesota can't get hockey right then no one can. Don't put Minnesota hockey on a pedestal. More generally, don't assume everyone else is living in some magic land where Wally and the Beaver get along and say things like "aw shucks." Be happy with what you got warts and all because everyone has warts some just aren't immediately obvious. Assuming everyone else has it better and that there must be better sports programs, schools, doctors, jobs etc out there is the express lane to being miserable. Enjoy what you got and be thankful.
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