Thanks JVL. I think we need some balance in our lives, and this treatise was a nice departure from the usual fare. As for me, I was never a "good" athlete. I played a few sports in K-12, but was never even an average player at the high school level. Though it helped me appreciate the work and determination it takes to become good in a sp…
Thanks JVL. I think we need some balance in our lives, and this treatise was a nice departure from the usual fare. As for me, I was never a "good" athlete. I played a few sports in K-12, but was never even an average player at the high school level. Though it helped me appreciate the work and determination it takes to become good in a sport. None of my coaches were anything to write home about, but they weren't evil masochists either. One of my problems was that I enjoyed myself the same in a game we lost as I did in a game we won. Most of the time I couldn't even tell you whether we won or lost. I was too busy just trying to remember what I was supposed to do. I still believe that playing sports as a part of growing up is like most activities, it makes you a bit more well-rounded and adds some tools to your general tool chest for dealing with future life issues. As for fairness, I learned fairly young that the world is neither fair nor unfair, it just is. Fairness is a subjectiveness that individuals apply to the world. And I am the same as everyone else in that regard, but I at least try to respect the other travelers that I meet in life, and to not make their lives any harder than they already are. And sometimes I even manage to lighted someone's load a bit.
Thanks JVL. I think we need some balance in our lives, and this treatise was a nice departure from the usual fare. As for me, I was never a "good" athlete. I played a few sports in K-12, but was never even an average player at the high school level. Though it helped me appreciate the work and determination it takes to become good in a sport. None of my coaches were anything to write home about, but they weren't evil masochists either. One of my problems was that I enjoyed myself the same in a game we lost as I did in a game we won. Most of the time I couldn't even tell you whether we won or lost. I was too busy just trying to remember what I was supposed to do. I still believe that playing sports as a part of growing up is like most activities, it makes you a bit more well-rounded and adds some tools to your general tool chest for dealing with future life issues. As for fairness, I learned fairly young that the world is neither fair nor unfair, it just is. Fairness is a subjectiveness that individuals apply to the world. And I am the same as everyone else in that regard, but I at least try to respect the other travelers that I meet in life, and to not make their lives any harder than they already are. And sometimes I even manage to lighted someone's load a bit.