Random Thoughts with Will

    When I was in high school, it was common to hear someone in class say "I lost the game". Right after one person said this, multiple people would then say that they lost the game, too. The thing about this "game" was that it is a game that everyone is playing, even if they didn't know it. However, if one thinks about this game, then one loses the game and has to say "I lost the game". While I have "lost" that particular game plenty of times, I've never been mad or sad about it. However, there is one game that I can't stand (no, it isn't Monopoly). I've never able to win this game, yet I still find myself "playing" it anyway: the Comparison Game.      Truth be told, the Comparison Game isn't a "game" in the way that Monopoly, tag, Duck-Duck-Goose, or Uno are games. It's not even a game in the way that high school game is, either. Still, the effects of playing -- and inevitably losing -- are trem...

     This weekend, the Super Bowl, the biggest American sporting event (and most-watched U.S. telecast year in and year out), will be played. If the Patriots win, countless article will be written about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick's enhanced legacies and record 6 Super Bowl victories. If the Eagles win, countless articles will be written about Nick Foles, a guy who kind of looks like Napoleon Dynamite and Shaggy, admirably filling in for the injured Carson Wentz and leading the Eagles to their first Super Bowl win. Either way, it will be about so much more than winning the Super Bowl. It's about the road and the path taken to get there. A road and path that goes far beyond football.      Whether you're 5-time champion Tom Brady or just a proverbial Average Joe, getting to the top requires facing -- and overcoming -- obstacles. Life has a way of throwing the worst obstacles at us. Some of these obstacles seem darn near impossible and lost causes. Other ...