I know I've already mentioned it in several posts, but I L-O-V-E soccer. The uniqueness (is that a word) of the game, the conditioning it takes, the feeling that you must play as a team and yet one person can make a difference in the game.
One of my favorite aspects of soccer is juggling. The concentration that it takes and the way it really does improve your performance of the field facinates me. I still remember when I first started juggling:
My dad and I would go out in our back yard at our old house, and juggle between us. We would keep track of our record, but we allowed one bounce. (I hope that made sense to everyone.) I didn't really like it at first, it was hard and my dad was better than me and I was usually the one who screwed things up. I think our highest record was 13, and when we got it we were ecstatic!
I beat my personal record again on Friday, now it's 710. Although I know I should be thrilled with that accomplishment, I'm not. The biggest reason is this: Another kid on my team is also really good at juggling, although we aren't super competitive, it is always my goal to beat his record when his is higher than mine and vice versa (sp?). Reubens record is 721. I missed it by 11. Ya, frustrating. But it's ok, Reuben is Columbian, he's better than me by birth :-)
Anyway, as I have been thinking about juggling lately I have realized how similar to life it is; no matter how good I get, I still drop it sometimes. Sometimes I make a really bad mistake, I juggle for 710 times, and all of a sudden, I drop it!
Sometimes in life we think we've got it all figured out, left-right left-right thigh-thigh left-right right-left. We've got a great rythm going and then...BAM we drop the ball. We screw up.
It can be frustrating when we realize we're never going to juggle for our whole lives, we're going to drop it, no matter what, at some point we're going to drop it. But the great thing is that when we do, the ball will always be waiting for us to beat our record again, and we get better every time we try.
The ball is always waiting
- Josh Crowley
8 comments:
Thanks Josh! I needed that wisdom today. I think I'm going to go buy myself a soccer ball and start learning to juggle, just to reinforce the lesson! You're awesome!
Man, 710. That is amazing. I don't even think I can count that high, especially when I am trying to bounce a ball on my foot. Good job dude.
I was never good at counting while I juggled, but I can assure you I never got 710 at one time. The other cool thing about your analogy is that as you better yourself, the mistakes happen less and less often.
Josh,
I love your original quote. We need to get a t-shirt made.
The ball is always waiting.
Awesome!
Josh, the description at the beginning was just a fancy way of saying that a ball hog can score a lot and u get to run up and down a field tanning ur thighs. You write really good though.
~Monty
You remind me of your uncle James. He LOVES soccer too. You should call him sometime and talk soccer...he would love it.
wow, that was aspiring. amazing.
Hey, so I'm posting a comment, just like you asked(at our "study group")! But, seriously, you are AMAZING. This whole blog-thing you have going, is so so so cool, and 710? Geez, I'm not even gonna tell you where my record stands....(and btw, why i commented on such an old post, is just cuz I'm totally into soccer as well. it's basically my life.)
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