Charlie. I’d love to say that “when you’re an adult, you’ll understand” but I’m an adult myself and still can’t understand the need for children to play highly competitive sports.
Of course, it’s easier to think like that when your team loses most of the time. I’ve coached and played on winning teams and losing ones and the former are always the most enjoyable.
God, but I hate those middle of the night questions running in my head. I feel so vulnerable at 3am. Sometimes I turn on the radio real low for an hour or so, to drown them out.
I can totally relate to “It’s not wise to lie in bed at night asking yourself questions that you can’t answer.” I have an anxiety disorder and even with medication and mindfulness awareness, I still can get so anxious at night.
Yeah, I remember my daughter loved softball right until the age that the players began to take it really seriously. Nobody on the field was having fun any more.
When those kind of questions come in the middle of the night, sometimes it works to tell myself “ I can’t solve this now, I can think about it in the morning”.
JD'Huntsville'AL over 3 years ago
Oh, no. It’s those last two question which lead adults to start issuing “participation trophies” to make kids feel better.
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
nice monologue, Charlie Brown
Yngvar Følling over 3 years ago
Why do you lie in bed at night asking questions that you can’t answer?
Baarorso over 3 years ago
Charlie. I’d love to say that “when you’re an adult, you’ll understand” but I’m an adult myself and still can’t understand the need for children to play highly competitive sports.
sallyseckman over 3 years ago
Chin up Charlie Brown in a few decades kids will get trophies just for participation.
jagedlo over 3 years ago
Yeah…you don’t want to lose nights better spent sleeping…
Ralph Newbill over 3 years ago
So, you be easier to control as an adult, what we now call a snowflake. It’s worked.
jrankin1959 over 3 years ago
Maybe this is why his baseball team never wins…
SusieB over 3 years ago
Don’t worry CB , by the time you’re an adult, every child will get a trophy for “participation” !
ericrgrant over 3 years ago
Wonder what Chuck would think about the recent “everybody gets a trophy” ideology.
bbenoit over 3 years ago
And yet CB longs to win at the highly organized game of baseball.
tripwire45 over 3 years ago
Agreed. Way back in the day, my friends and I would organize baseball games after school, play in the street, and have a great time.
Ellis97 over 3 years ago
Good old Charlie Brown. Always pondering the ways of life.
preacherman over 3 years ago
Of course, it’s easier to think like that when your team loses most of the time. I’ve coached and played on winning teams and losing ones and the former are always the most enjoyable.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation over 3 years ago
Charlie brown, just right down you ideas, let’s call them thesis, and then in the morning go and nail them to the door of the snow man league office.
A.Ficionada over 3 years ago
CB is a thinker for sure. I love how he questions why winning is important and why he is questioning things :)
Tentoes over 3 years ago
You are a wise man, Charlie Brown.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 3 years ago
That’s me almost every night of the pandemic.
VICTOR PROULX over 3 years ago
I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.”― Richard Feynman
summerdog over 3 years ago
God, but I hate those middle of the night questions running in my head. I feel so vulnerable at 3am. Sometimes I turn on the radio real low for an hour or so, to drown them out.
Robert Nowall Premium Member over 3 years ago
Remember that the next time your baseball team plays, Charlie Brown.
donwestonmysteries over 3 years ago
That will keep you up all night CB.
PixieFun over 3 years ago
And we never outgrow lying in bed at night asking ourselves questions that we can’t answer.
diegot over 3 years ago
Very true, Charlie Brown, very true.
debra4life over 3 years ago
I can totally relate to “It’s not wise to lie in bed at night asking yourself questions that you can’t answer.” I have an anxiety disorder and even with medication and mindfulness awareness, I still can get so anxious at night.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Good advice for us all…..
streuny81@aol.com over 3 years ago
Poor Charlie Brown, we love you !
ekke over 3 years ago
Yeah, I remember my daughter loved softball right until the age that the players began to take it really seriously. Nobody on the field was having fun any more.
Spiffy over 3 years ago
I always tended to eschew adult-sponsored activities for those that were almost, but not quite, delinquent.
Natarose over 3 years ago
At least someone gets it.
WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago
Wait another 30 years and everyone will be a winner and get trophies!
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 3 years ago
‘Sometimes I like awake night after night,Coming apart at the seams,Eager to please, ready to fight;Why do I go to extremes?’-Billy Joel
Lightpainter Premium Member over 3 years ago
When those kind of questions come in the middle of the night, sometimes it works to tell myself “ I can’t solve this now, I can think about it in the morning”.