It was Arsenal now its Manchester United

Before i proceed with this article i wish to put a disclaimer. I am only a supporter of one team only and its the best team regardless of how badly the media reports them...please read on. Over the years i have had to contend with hearing about football. Time and time again many meetings have had to be put off or post poned over a football match; and you wonder why i support my team SMH. 

Yesterday evening when i heard in the news that there was a Manchester United fan who killed himself i got really shocked. However this morning when they were reading the results in the English premier league i understood why. Apparently the team currently in position one is Arsenal while its bitter rival Man U comes a distant ninth position. In as much as I only support Harambee stars i have for a long time known that Man U always shine. But you see that was in the past it didn't matter to the Man U fan that they have been winners in the past. What has been happening is the present mattered most to him. Just in the same way that on previous games that Arsenal lost a fan killed himself he was living in the present. If only he could arise from his grave today to see how his team has risen.But seriously i still don't understand the emotions attached to football.

My question thus remains, if what matters is the present , why do we continue to judge others based on their past. From the Man U and Arsenal experience the best example is presented to us. One can rise from failures to success and the vice versa is true. If it hurts Man U  fans to be losing and have forgotten about their glorious past, why can't we forget our past and live in the present.What is this baggage from your past that you continue to carry with you? How long are you going to continue allowing it to haunt you in the present?