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Life lesson on being yourself

8/20/2010

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Life lesson on being yourself 
 My six-year-old son Gabriel played on a basketball team made up of players ages 6 to 7.  He was the youngest and smallest player on his team and he had a hard time staying focused.  It was interesting to watch him during practices or games because he was a different player than when he played with his brother, I guess he was more of a street basketball player than an organized basketball player when he played with his brother.  With his brother, he was aggressive, but on his team he was very passive.
However, it didn’t matter if he was not the best player, because he had great sportsmanship spirit.
During every game, Gabriel was happy just to be there.  He played every game and never scored a basket (he had a hard time understanding when he was on offense and when he was on defense; he often lost track of the person he was covering; he danced between shots; and once he pulled the side of his pants out without realizing he was flashing his Cars or Spiderman underwear). Gabriel added humor but he taught everyone how to really give your best and not worry about impressing others.

 During the game, every time a teammate made a shot he jump for joy and give my husband and I a thumbs up, when he almost made a shot, he gave us a thumps up; when he was able to dribble the ball he gave us a thumps up.  The crowd became his fans.  Parents often came after a game and said he is so cute, the referee would often say, this kid has true sportsmanship.  It got to the point that people really got exited when he got the ball.  Everyone, including our family, really wanted Gabriel to make a shot.

Game after game, he will be there giving and sharing.  Until one game, his team was winning by 15 points, the coach decided told the other players to pass the ball to Gabriel every time so he could try to get a shot because everyone had made a shot except him.  Not one shot the whole season so far and they only had two games left.

Gabriel was OK at first.  However, every time he turned around, someone was throwing the ball to him.  This made him not so exited, he was not giving us a thumb up anymore, and he now felt the pressure of making a basket.  Not only that, but after every basket he missed there was a unanimous “Ohhh” from the crowed.  Can you imagine my little son hearing that “Ohhh” over and over again.

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Lesson on Standing up for what is right

8/20/2010

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Lesson on standing up for what is right
I never knew that in volunteering to do something fun, there was a lesson that my teen boys and I would learn about following the rules and standing up for those who do what is right.
I am always looking for ways to organize things that will bring families together to have a great time, so I decided to organize a talent show for my church.  I felt that our youth has a desire to be accepted and at times they can feel that, unless they act a certain way, listen to certain music, or sing certain songs, they are not accepted.  So I began to plan a talent show for the kids in my church for ages 8 to 18.
You may ask yourself what life lesson could you possibly learn from organizing a talent show; well, I didn’t think I would either until it happen.
For the talent show, my friend and I came up with a set of rules and guidelines.  These rules and guidelines were not only written but verbalize. 
One of the most important rules was that we must approve any act prior to the dress rehearsals.
Unfortunately, there was a situation that had some miscommunication, and on the day of the dress rehearsal there was one song to be used in teen dance group routine that I had not heard, I had heard the first song on the CD but not the second song.

I wondered what I should do, I had to think quick, so I quickly went to the sound crew and had them turn of the song and went to the kids quietly and said “guys this song was not approve so I can’t let you do this part.”  Well, you would think that it should’ve been obvious that I had to do since I didn’t know what the song was about.

I knew I would have to go back and talk to the kids and their parents about what happened.  But what I hadn’t counted on, was needing to talk to my own children.  I believed that they would understand; but to my surprise, they felt that I should’ve let the song play and then deal with it later.

After much talking, one of my sons felt like his friends would be upset with him even though they knew they would have done the same thing, but it was more important to him to be at peace with their friends even if his friends had not considered one important rule.  My husband and I talked to them about the importance of standing up for what is right, even if it cost you your friendship.  They eventually realized it.  It was so awesome to hear my oldest son come and say “ Mom I’m sorry, if I were in your shoes I would have done the same thing, I was only thinking about me, you said you didn’t want any surprises as far as acts on stage and if you had let the song play it will have gone against the rule that was set, plus you didn’t know if it was a good or bad song, so you kind of didn’t have a choice.”  He then gave me a big hug and said, “I love you mom.”

I learned that sometimes doing what is right may be challenging in the moment, however I must always remember that doing what is right is always best.
One more thing, people will respect you.  The same set of kids called me two days before the event because they wanted to add a title to their song and they wanted to make sure I knew it. 

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