Don't Stop Believing

It’s October in Toronto. The leaves are changing colour and Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means the puck is about to drop on another hockey season. It becomes apparent at this time every year that Toronto is the Mecca of hockey. Even though the Toronto Maple Leafs have failed to make the playoffs for the last several years and haven’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967, their fans still believe. At the start of every season, we all have a renewed optimism. But being a Leafs fan is not for the faint of heart. In fact, it’s a tiresome, soul crushing task. It’s like being in an abusive, codependent relationship. Every season they say they’re going to change, that things will be different and we trust them. Yet, every year they fail and we just keep coming back for more. The bottom line is we want our beloved buds to win. And one of these days it will happen. It just has to. So I say, put on your rally caps and start growing those beards because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with believing.