Belcher Reflection Narrative Essay

As a child, I dreamt of triumphing in supreme success in everything that I was to do. I pondered about the splendid and dazzling achievements of brilliant people. I aspired to be like the great individuals that I looked up to as role models. Not only did I want to achieve greatness, I wanted to make my parents feel proud and honored to have me as their son. Also, I wanted other kids to see me as a role model that inspired people and achieved great things. I would soon have to give up on my aspirations of being a famous soccer player and a role model for adolescents with strong dreams and aspirations.

I realized that I made a huge mistake because I soon came to realize that playing soccer wasn't my thing. The exercises that the soccer practice entailed were too vigorous and very lengthy. I often found myself out of breath and I didn't have the athletic abilities that some of my teammates had. A week of these practices right before the first game made me want to quit the team promptly. I constantly had to suppress my feelings of negativity and had to force myself to give it my all despite my emotions of great despair. During the first big game, I missed the goal post which made me feel like I disappointed the entire team and the coach. Not only did I just miss the goal post, I failed to play defense properly because I continually missed the opportunities to block the ball from the left and right forwarders because I was too focused on my emotions and thoughts of being a horrible player.  All of those thoughts and ideas made me ponder the fact that somebody else could have played defense better than I could and provide great a

ssistance to the team and help contribute to victories. I believed others had better athletic abilities than I did. The first game had a huge impact on who I am as a person because it made me wonder if I'm good enough for everything that I would do later on in life.

After the first strident game, I felt like I was the biggest mistake on the planet. The game made me question myself and I wondered if I was really that horrible at all sports, but soccer in particular. Even though I thought I played horribly, the coaches and my fellow teammates told me that I did a good job and that I tried my best. I felt a little more confident about myself after hearing those words from them. However, I still felt heartbroken because I still truly believed it was my fault for losing the game. I wondered if the team would've accomplished a victory if I wasn't on the team and it was someone else instead of me. The loss at the game taught me you have to practice very hard if you want something that bad, as well as the effects my actions had on others. I would not be the same person that I am today if it was not for joining the soccer team. The occurrence of the loss at the first game taught me that you have to examine yourself to see if you're qualified to do a certain task that that it is necessary to look into every little detail before deciding to act. It also taught me that you have to ask crucial questions to whoever is in charge.

The actions that you choose to do will have a tremendous impact on others' feelings and as well as your own feelings. One should always listen to the positive opinions of other because I did not, and I quit the team as a result because I thought I was a horrible soccer plater. Now, I always listen to the positive opinions of others. Just because I am bad at one thing does not mean that I am going to be bad at anything else that I try. As Helen Keller said, "when one door closes, another one opens."