If a puck falls in the forest does it matter?

I played hockey again tonight. Had a great time. Its competitive. Fiercely. Playing at a higher level is completely different. The game is faster, you have to focus on everyone, because anyone can score on you at anytime.

Tonight was easy. My defense made me look good. I stopped all but one easy one, and gave up one breakaway. Hockey, like most team sports I play has a feel to it. Its like you can tell when things are going your way. You get the bounces, guys miss pucks, open nets, etc. I barely played good enough to win. Barely. Which is probably why we barely won.

I do have some sense of accomplishment from this. I do kind of feel like I've climbed a mountain of sorts to get here.

All this means nothing of course (hence the title). If it makes me healthier, and a better father and husband; then so be it. However, if it becomes consuming, and takes away from the magical time I have with my kids, then I will walk away.

You can put no price on the time you spend with your children. None. Metallica, who I'm not particularly a fan of say, "and nothing else matters". Profoundly accurate.

You can look at it spiritually and say love thy children. Or you can take the Grape Ape approach, and say we evolved to care, to continue the species. I could care less, because in my eyes "Nothing Else Matters"

I wish you well where ever you may be, I hope you are blessed and held in the arms of a loving god.