MOVE!!

So not everyone is a fan of soccer. Crazy, I know. But I can pretend that I understand where they are coming from. There is only 1 ball on a huge field and the players are spread out over the length of the field. The poor goalies are all alone and maybe get 20 touches on the ball if they're unlucky. To people who are used to watching 10 players constantly running up and down a basketball court, constantly shoving and jockeying for position, MAYBE soccer MIGHT be considered SOMEWHAT boring. But don't you dare say that baseball or golf or even curling is more exciting than soccer.

The thing about soccer is that the game can change in a matter of seconds. It doesn't take that long to score. But when the games lasts 90 minutes, players get fatigued, defense gets smarter, fingernail biting increases. As a player, I notice that as the game goes on I seem to get tired a lot quicker after a run of the field. I notice that other players are not running as much either. The worse thing to here towards the end of the game is someone yelling at you to "MOVE!" But move, you must, IF you want to win. A stagnant player does no good on the soccer field. As a coach, I would always say "There is no walking in soccer." If the ball is near you, you are completely engaged in the play. Even if the ball is not near you, you are completely engaged in the play. The only way to shake a defender is to move to an open space. Completely be aware of the ball, the players, and where you are on the field.

And so is life. No matter if something big is happening, but it isn't around you, you have to move. Stay engaged, know where you are and where your teammates are. And then be a player ready to receive the ball at any time. Standing around and waiting doesn't get you the win. Always be looking, be moving, be conscious of what is going on around you. Life is only boring if you aren't moving.

As a mom of four kids, I stayed at home, cooking, cleaning, waiting...my husband was doing the important things, I got my kids ready for their important events. . Nothing "important" ever happened to me. Or so I thought. I was missing the ball every day because I wasn't ready. I wasn't looking. And I certainly wasn't moving. As soon as I put myself in play, even though I was at home, I became important. And important events happened everyday and I was part of them. I know the law of attraction. And I know the game that people play when "using" the law of attraction in their lives. They wait. Instead of being the person who is ready, looking, and conscious of where they are. The law of attraction is being that person who attracts what they want. Not the person who just waits for it to happen to them.

ANECDOTE OF THE DAY : My daughter was selling popsicles outside and was so mad that noone had come that she came inside to complain to me how she can't sell popsicles without people. Two of my other daughters heard her complaining, asked if she was going to sell anymore, and then quickly ran outside when she told them, "no, so you can go sell for all I care." So they did, and within 15 minutes had sold 6 popsicles. They didn't wait, they yelled at everyone they saw outside to come and buy a popsicle. Fueled my oldest daughter's fire even more.


QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them." -- Terry Venables