My Obstacles and Lessons Learned

During my childhood, I only had one dream, which I strongly believed would be the turning point of my life; that was becoming an adult. My elder brother seemed to enjoy everything he was doing, including playing basketball with his friend and going out whenever he wanted, and that was exactly what I wanted. What I never realized at that time was the fact growing up was also attached closely to decision making because not deciding is also a choice. As time went by, my love for basketball become almost everything to me until it becomes the main contributor to my mental deterioration.

I had enjoyed playing basketball, and I had made a significant number of friends; unfortunately, things turned around when I joined high school. One of the rules to join the basketball team, which was part of my life, was competence and a high level of skills. Although there were a lot of challenges at that point, I managed to get into the school team. At that period, I was very happy, and during that time, I was given a chance to play most of the games because of injuries that some of the team members had. Things changed when we entered the regular season, and I was not given the opportunity despite having the skills just like some members who played often. Besides, the time I get a chance, the coach failed to create enough attention, which broke my heart.

I remember a scene where I scored, and later the coach claimed that he never saw it. It was a moment I expected could change his perception, but it just becomes proof that I could be a star. I went into depression, and I could not do anything meaningful, and my performance even went down. Some of the things I learned are that everything we plan might not go our way and that we should be kind to be people because we might never understand the extent we impact their lives. The experience was terrible, but it gave me the reason to move on