How many kids have been on a tournament team that won a championship, but didn't get to play in the final? Both of our DD's have been there... Our hearts sunk with their tears... But what is the result?
Motivation... What is it? Where does it come from? Every experience in life can be either considered a challenge, or just another experience to feel good or bad about. The choice is ours: let life happen to us and dictate our destiny; or take on every challenge we're presented, embrace it, and look for the opportunity to grow and learn? The choice is ours...
"Suck it up Buttercup!" I've used this phrase twice in the last few months and felt terrible both times... In both instances, the kids stepped up and overcame the perception that all is doomed.
One of the buttercups had been a positive and hard working player on my softball, soccer and basketball teams. Early on during last soccer season with a new coach, she approached me saying she was thinking about giving up soccer next year because she wasn't getting playing time and it was discouraging. I suggested she had a choice: she could either accept her perception of her situation, or identify her weaknesses, improve and show the coach she really wanted to play. During the conversation, "Suck it up buttercup" slipped out... For days I felt terrible. A couple weeks later, she came up to me and told me she decided to earn her spot back and was having fun again!
Live life, don't let life live you.
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Motivation... What is it? Where does it come from? Every experience in life can be either considered a challenge, or just another experience to feel good or bad about. The choice is ours: let life happen to us and dictate our destiny; or take on every challenge we're presented, embrace it, and look for the opportunity to grow and learn? The choice is ours...
"Suck it up Buttercup!" I've used this phrase twice in the last few months and felt terrible both times... In both instances, the kids stepped up and overcame the perception that all is doomed.
One of the buttercups had been a positive and hard working player on my softball, soccer and basketball teams. Early on during last soccer season with a new coach, she approached me saying she was thinking about giving up soccer next year because she wasn't getting playing time and it was discouraging. I suggested she had a choice: she could either accept her perception of her situation, or identify her weaknesses, improve and show the coach she really wanted to play. During the conversation, "Suck it up buttercup" slipped out... For days I felt terrible. A couple weeks later, she came up to me and told me she decided to earn her spot back and was having fun again!
Live life, don't let life live you.
***Updated for clarity***
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