Super Sunday. Super sized. Super bowl.
More people watching today than any other event - including the inauguration. Go figure.
Could it be Faith Hill? Jennifer Hudson? Bruce Springsteen? Big Ben? Kurt "Cinderella" Warner? John & Al? Terrible towels? General Petraeus? Or President Obama's pregame interview with Matt Lauer?
I risk an "Are you kidding?" here, but, we, the good people of the US of A, watch the Super Bowl because it is about winners and losers.
It's about rising up from NOTHING - that big zero on the scoreboard that's the measure of a meaningful life - and then fighting to become SOMETHING. It's a memory of a jubilant team holding a trophy after working really, really hard to get it. Someone wins! And we like to watch them win.
We need to watch more stories like that. If it's true that 60% of Americans get their news from their television, wouldn't it be great if a victory story was on every night? What if, when we clicked the remote, the feelgoodstory was Headline News instead of tucked away at the end of the Friday night news? Don't you think that a good victory story every night would make all of us happy, give us hope, and fuel some ambition?
If your kid is watching TV right now, he heard about ordinary kids growing up to be extraordinary people. He is watching team work in action. He is seeing grown men cry and hug and hope and lose and win.
Martha is right. All of that is a good thing... and a really good story.
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