Faith

As the title implies, I'd like to say a word about faith for a moment. Faith is wonderful and beautiful thing...in moderation. I have faith. I have faith in many things. I have faith in my friends; I have in tomorrow; and I have faith in the New Orleans Saints. I think faith is more of a commitment on your part than it is a belief in whatever it is you have faith in. I think that if you profess to have faith in a particular anything, you are making a commitment to being there for that whatever no matter what life throws at you and or what that things does to you. I think that the problems arise when people have too much faith, make too much of a commitment to particular thing or belief or idea or whatever you want to call whatever it is that person has faith in. When someone makes such a commitment that it blinds them and clouds their judgement, this now "blinded" faith stops them being able to efficiently process and understand what it is they are experiencing. Combine this with their, most likely, surrounding themselves with inputs that support this altered perception of experience and an almost denial like change in thought patterns and you get people that believe nothing but their faith. Faith is no longer a crutch on which to lean in times of trouble and banner to raise high during moments of glory. Faith is now something wholly different. Faith is now a rationalization for irrational thinking; it becomes its own logic. And faith, my friends, is no logic.

So rejoice in faith; celebrate it; cry in it; profess it; dress in it; write about it; sing about it; dance with it; die with it; but please....don't be blinded by it.

I'd also like it make mention of the inspiration and initial event leading to this thought exercise. My New Orleans Saints. We lost yesterday, it hurt. We really didn't play all that well to be honest. I thought the first quarter was great but we just couldn't hold it together down that stretch. Defense didn't seem to be on the same page; and, I don't know if its just me or not, but it didn't really seem like crowd was as intense as I was hoping for. We started out strong, but I think we lost some energy towards the end when they needed us the most. Granted, the teams didn't really give us all that much to be excited about. Any way you look at it, the Who D'at Nation had a rough one.

But remember your faith my brothers and sisters in Who D'at. There is still a chance. And, if the Redskins and Vikings don't lose, there is forever next year. We've had a hard season this year but I really think it's shown this team what it's made off and, more importantly, brought a lot of humility to everyone involved in the organization.

One Nation

PS
The Brothers Wegmann are now 6-1 when both are in attendance for a Saints game.