I’m going to get real here for a minute. I love the Leafs, we all do. We all want the Leafs to do well. So how can we help make that happen? Math would tell you that you can’t. We all know that’s a lie though. We all know the power our hearts and minds can bring to our existence, even if some of us find this knowledge terrifying. 

I am writing this as I listen to the Leafs play hockey. I was arguing with my wife as the opponent scored to take the lead. We talked it through and reached a compromise moments before Kadri tied the game.

So what, the discerning reader might ask. So everything, I would answer. Feel free to call me crazy, but I believe the following to be true: the more you love yourself the better the Leafs will do. Let me state that again.

THE MORE YOU LOVE YOURSELF THE BETTER THE LEAFS WILL DO 

Sounds crazy right. It’s okay, I know it does. Craziness does not negate truth (any nut can tell you that). I didn’t really believe this truth either, not for a very long time. Then life forced me to open my heart to the idea of self love. This happened shortly before Brendan Shanahan was hired, just saying.

As time has moved forward I have had some triumphs and some failures, I have kept moving. I have seen the effects of loving faith in my own worth, and I have seen what happens when I hate and hate and hate. 

To put it another way, what has anyone got to lose? 

Keep faith alive. Keep your heart open and patient. We have been entertained more this year than we have in a great many seasons. Feel happy. Who cares if the ref wants to make a stupid fluffy wiener call? Who cares if the team finishes tenth in the East, missing the playoffs and a top pick? 

We need to enjoy every moment of Marner and Matthews and Rielly and Nylander and all the rest. 

Anything can happen.

The more you love the Leafs and the Universe and everything, the better that anything will be.

iBLeaf