I love Jesus. Such an awesome guy. And He also happens to be my savior. I still have so many questions, but He is smart so no worries there.

I shouldn't even be uploading it this late but I guess better late than never.

We won the championship second season in a row. Probably the best team I have played for, at least in the recent past.

Now onto playing against the big boys. It might be a step too far but it shows how far we have come along. I have been invited to play in the Boulder league. Probably as good as any a time to try it out.

I have often wondered which organizations truly work for charitable purposes. It's easy to be a cynic in this world with all the corruption we hear about today. Not in this case though:

Anuradha Koirala

After two consecutive seasons of finishing second, we finally won the league. Add to that, missing our captain for the entire season and missing our goalkeeper for the final showdown match between the top two teams. We're pretty set as a team now, organized and composed unit.

Now if only my other team could make it to the playoffs. Probably a tough call now considering so many of our important players are missing through long term injuries. I will be happy to just make it to the playoffs but I am not completely convinced if we can sustain ourselves with the amount of missing names. I am just hoping relegation fight is not something we will have to deal with next season.

Liverpool as it were

Too early to pass a verdict on Coutinho, but in the relatively short time that he has been at Liverpool, no one can argue that he has been an absolute success. That has led many (including myself) to believe that the imminent acquisitions for Iago Aspas and possibly Luis Alberto have the potential of turning out to be bargains in the long run. But what's been really heart-warming to see is that we finally now have a manager in Brendan who knows his football, has a philosophy and is not afraid of implementing them and at times changing it, on the go, based on his instincts. Roy Hodgson was probably the most pointless manager I have ever seen as a Liverpool manager. Kenny Dalglish, legend he will always be with a heart that beats for Liverpool but he is more suited to an Ambassadorial Role for Liverpool or a Director (Academy Directory perhaps?).

When Brendan arrived at Liverpool a year ago, he brought with him the ideas of "Tiki-Taka", pressing and resting with the ball. It was exciting at first and with Joe Allen in form, we could see evidence of how that could be made possible at Liverpool. His passing and ball-retention at times seemed phenomenal and in the first ten games it was sometimes as if Allen was on a different level to his teammates, but when he lost his form (so drastically I might add) that seemed to be the end of Tiki-taka football for us (at least for the time being). I am hoping that Allen's shoulder injury had something to do with it cause prior to that he looked like a class act. But coming back to the main point, this showed Rodgers tactical acumen in adapting to a new(er) philosophy, that which would bring the best qualities of Suarez and Gerrard to the fore. Neither Suarez or Gerrard are particularly suited to a slow build-up game, but both are world-class and needed to be accommodated, further diluting Rodger's preferred philosophy on the pitch..

Come January and with the arrival of Countinho, that changed. That's not to suggest we went back to the Tiki-Taka style but Rodger's got a Tiki-Taka player who did it in his side of the pitch. Countinho's composed genius needs a pacy striker up-front and he got just that in the form of either Suarez or Sturridge. Philippe is such a phenomenal passer of the ball, that it is easy to forget his other truly outstanding abilities. He is without a doubt a great dribbler, has that quick change of pace that attackers need and has the absolutely essential quality for a midfielder to see a pass and execute it with finesse. Like I said it's too early to say this but very rarely do you find a player who has all these attributes. Probably the only thing lacking in him is the physical aspect but if that's the only thing missing then I am not complaining. With a manager who values technique above all else, Coutinho fits right in.

Losing a player like Suarez so adored by the fans is never easy, and perhaps it is Suarez passion for the game that we will miss most if we goes. However with a manager who knows what he wants, and (finally o' finally) a transfer committee in place, we have hope to look forward and the hope lies in the business done last January, and the twinkle-toes of a young Brazilian who cost only 8 million pounds.

Having said all this, I am far from convinced Brendan Rodgers is the man to bring all the glory we hope for, but in him we at least have a man who has the right tools to get us there. The task for Rodgers is to build a side so good that when the big Spanish clubs inevitably come calling for Phillipe Coutinho in a few year's time, he doesn't find it so difficult to say "no".

I am meant to play football. Enough said.

You see different people react to different situations and sometimes you wonder if there is a pattern to things. Most often than not there is one. Some of them are easy to figure than others but point is that in almost 95% of the cases, there is a definite pattern to people's thoughts and actions. One definitive indicator is their past. Past actions, situations, consequences do tend to determine who or how a person tends to shape up and I believe most people tend to fall in this bracket or mold of human behavior evolution.

Then there are those that aren't like the rest. A few make a conscious choice to not let the past (I am referring to it in a negative connotation here) affect their present. They willfully choose to make decisions about the present being in the present. Kind of like being in a neutral, fair state. Of course I am not trying to discount the value of experience but that's not the point here. The thing that separates these kinds from the rest is their willingness to learn each day and not let their past overshadow their present. That quality also makes them humble even though they clearly seem to overachieve as compared to their peers and are a much happier lot. I mean how often do you see a person that is super talented, super successful, super modest and super happy? Yet every once in a while you might meet one of these kinds and you have nothing but respect.

I think it boils down to the fact that how many of us are willing to adapt and learn from each experience. I think most (if not all) of us know we can (and probably should) but it's something we don't consider as an important part of life. At least after a certain stage in life.

I, for one, salute the few. They seem to transcend the realms of morality and religion (probably very loosely used here) but having said that I have seen that the true Christians do seem to belong to that few.

I haven't written in a long time but this article struck a chord:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/living-with-less-a-lot-less.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

I know I am a much happier person with the simple pleasures. Not everyone is the same so I don't expect it to be the case for all but I know who I am and got a timely reminder.

For the umpteenth time, back to the basics.