Football is proof that hope can be rebuilt every Saturday.
— The Sage
The Sage has always been quietly impressed by football supporters. Week after week, regardless of past disappointments, they return with hope freshly patched together. Results fade, defeats are absorbed, and by the following Saturday optimism is once again carefully unpacked, shaken out, and worn proudly. To The Sage, this is not foolishness — it is resilience in its most recognisable form.
He notes that football mirrors life in this way. Setbacks are rarely final, and belief has an extraordinary capacity for renewal when given time, routine, and a shared ritual. The Sage finds something deeply human in the act of turning up again, knowing full well how last time ended — yet choosing hope anyway.
With his usual dry warmth, The Sage suggests that football teaches us how to begin again. Not dramatically, not perfectly, but regularly. Each Saturday offers a small rehearsal for optimism: proof that disappointment doesn’t end hope — it merely postpones it until kickoff.
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