Passion
Do you things in your life that you are fanatical about? Well I spent an evening with my cousin last week, and I have to tell you they are UBBBBBBBBER passionate about BYU. Now, in my home state you are either a Ute fan or a Cougar fan…fence sitting is strictly prohibited! When the two schools play one another in football–it is known as the “Holy War”. I was raised by a man who graduated from the University of Utah. We had season tickets to every Ute basketball game ever played!!! My brother is a die hard, red blooded Ute fan, and I thought his school pride was unrivaled—until I spent the evening in the “Blue” house! They had a “Y” strung out on their porch in Christmas lights, they had pictures on the fridge of them at the beach where they had taken the time to scrawl out a big old “Y” in the sand and then crowd around the masterpiece for a family portrait. They have “Y”s on their motorbikes and automobiles. I didn’t even know they had BYU truck accessories–but they found EVERY one of them! It’s a sickness I tell ya!
Back at home in Chicago I can honestly say, I know nothing about any of the schools here–except that they each cost about $30K a year to attend! But it was really enlightening to find people truly passionate about something!