It is September 21st, 2025. Fourteen thousand, four hundred eighty-two days since the Chicago Bears last hoisted a championship trophy. That number isn’t shrinking anytime soon. At 0–2 with Dallas on the schedule today, the tally is only going to keep growing. Chicago football has turned “next year” into a generational lullaby.
Today is Earth, Wind & Fire Day. Unless you have lived under a rock, you already know the lyric, “Do you remember, the 21st night of September?” It’s not just a line, it is a national hymn. DJs drop it, weddings dance to it, back porches hum with it. On a day when the Bears remind us of futility, the music reminds us of joy. That’s the Bears fan way, living in the middle of frustration and celebration, never letting one cancel the other.
The sky is gray with rain in the mix. Fits the mood as we end summer and prepare for another mediocre football game this afternoon. Fall officially arrives this week, and the air already carries that shift. Sunrise is a little slower, night falls a little quicker, and you can feel the jackets calling from the hall closet. Baseball is winding down, football is dragging us along, and the season tells us, ready or not, it is time to move forward.
Mark Twain nailed it: “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” The Bears need that message more than anybody, but so do we. Life’s scoreboard doesn’t wait. You can either count the days since glory, or you can start again today.
Here is to September 21st, Earth, Wind & Fire, the coming of fall, a Bears victory and the reminder that nothing begins until you start.
