On Tuesday morning I turned on the TV and watched one of my favorite sports radio hosts, Colin Cowherd, talk about the Lakers’ horrible loss to the Thunder. As a Lakers fan, I was disgusted. Normally, I stay away from sports radio on the day of a loss. Colin started arguing that if you are a true Lakers fan then you want the Lakers to lose that way, the worse that they lose, the more likely they are to make a change next year. He went on to say if they barely lose, then the management will say okay, we are close. This got me thinking about life. There are times when we won’t make a change until things get really bad. When things are just okay, they are bearable. We are not necessarily happy, but things have not gotten bad enough to say hey, we need to change. People do it every day in life. Heck, I have done it. The problem is that we should not root for ourselves to lose, but sometimes we need to lose in the short term to win in the long term. Have you ever been in a relationship where things were not great, but not that bad either? It’s not that you are unhappy, but that spark is not there. Perhaps you did the same thing over and over. You went to the movies on Friday nights, you ate at the same Chinese restaurant every two weeks, you were in a routine. What do you do, do you get out? Do you have a talk? What many people do in life is that they swallow their feelings until things take a wrong turn. People do it in their jobs. People do it with their friends. People do it with their kids. There are times when it’s necessary. After all, you cannot keep hassling yourself and saying I want more, more, more. The answer is always ask yourself if you want this life. Do I deserve better? What conversations do I need to have? There are times when the answer is yes, I want more! Conversely, there are times when you need to ride it out.