Life Lessons Learned From the Sidelines

by Liz Pope

Here’s the thing about Life, it keeps coming at you with the same things. Every soccer game I go to, it’s the same old thing. For a long time I wondered how much of my life was going to be wasted sitting in a bleachers chasing my kids around, hollering at refs, and getting so worked up I could hardly sleep.

But then one day it dawned on me. It’s just like anything else we spend our time doing: it’s a part of this great big test we’re all taking. Someone up there loves us enough to give us innumerable chances to figure things out and finally find the right answers. He wants us to pass, and so he gives us a world full of wonderful metaphors.Enjoy every moment

He gives us mountains to teach us strength, oceans to teach us love, dogs to teach us loyalty and children to teach us humility. He gives us jobs to teach us responsibility, flowers to teach us that He wants us to smile, and teenagers to teach us not to take ourselves so seriously. He gives us money and hair to teach us that some things are both good and bad, rain to teach us that some things we don’t like are good for us, and for those of us who are really thick-headed, he gives us soccer to teach us about ourselves. The trick is to stop worrying who wins, and start watching the game.

Note: Liz’s “10 Life Lessons” are available to you at: www.fundamentalsoccer.com

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