A Kite without wind will Fall, despite
the beautiful Fall day.

The weekend has been a whirlwind of activities, from visiting three families in need in Milwaukee Saturday morning, to attending the Green Packer Game at Lambeau Field this afternoon. Despite being a whirlwind of a time, without any wind and despite the best efforts of some kids and myself, we could not fly our Mickey Mouse kite yesterday afternoon at my grandchildren’s house in northern Wisconsin.

Despite visiting families in crisis and trying to fly a kite, most of my time was consumed by sport events. This weekend I saw in person or on TV my sports teams: the Milwaukee Brewers, Green Bay Packers and the University of Wisconsin football team, fall in defeat. Like the kite, they just did not have enough wind to soar. Sports can be addictive, especially when your team is in big games, like these three were, and loses. After I got home tonight I even found myself watching on TV another football game and baseball game, not my teams. I just wanted to see a winner no matter who it was.

I will be glad to get back to gardening tomorrow and my small efforts to help friends or make a change. Nature, service and change are at least predictable. You know that when you plant a seed or bulb that, with proper care, it will probably grow. You know that when you reach out to serve someone you will be rewarded and appreciated — if not by the person you help, then by your own sense of doing good. You know that when you work for change it may happen someday in one way or another. In contrast spectator sports are unpredictable. Perhaps it is because in gardening, serving others in need, and working for a change, you are a participant while with sports events, like the above, you are a just a spectator.

“The answer my friend is blowing in the wind.” Your sports teams may fall but, just like the morning sun each day, you will always rise when you get involved with nature, service and change.

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