To succeed in life is like being in a soccer game, which part are you playing
As I was growing up I got interested with playing soccer, which was believed to be a boy’s game in our society at that time. I played up to a national level during the school’s competition in our country Kenya and it is one of the games which we played with a lot of passion.
I remember we would gather together and play it since morning. During the weekends we used to go nearby stadium. Which was Gusii stadium and watch Shabana play AFC Leopards from Nairobi. It was very interesting game. We were regarded young and growing up we never paid entry fee and simply squeezed ourselves inside as small children. Right now many people are enthusiastic for the English soccer and you would hear them talk of Man U, Arsenal and such. For me I lost interest long time ago because I didn’t want to build myself into a soccer fanatic, whereby you will stay up long hours to watch the soccer.mmmmh I don’t know whether my wife will allow me to watch it now! That is a topic for next time.
Being a player or fan, both are interesting because, there is something you learn. Why do I say so, when you are a player you are playing the real game but being a fan you are a virtual player and that is why you find a player missing scoring everyone becomes angry. Because in their heads already they had scored and when you don’t fulfill it they get disappointed.
Then the other day I was thinking how this game can teach something about life lessons. Collectively if we understand soccer then we can apply it to develop our lives. Ask anyone who is a player they would tell you when you want to play; there are basic rules which must be followed in order to play well. For example you need to exercise a lot to keep fit. You must eat a health diet more sore the one which boost energy in your body. You have to always watch accomplished teams to pick and learn tact used for scoring. Your team must have a mentor who is called a coach and many times you have to stay in the camp for team building.
The above are basic rules which any team have to follow to be an accomplished team. And if you have a good coach who will teach you skills and pattern to use while playing against an opponent, you will be a respected and watched after team. In the field you have a goal keeper, who makes sure no ball passes through, then the defense, midfielders and the striking force. It is up to the coach to know how many defenders should be there, midfielders, strikers and the playing pattern.
Mostly what helps the team to succeed is the coordination, because if you have good strikers but the defense is weak definitely you can’t win the game. Therefore all areas must be balanced and well coordinated and sometimes you might have good players but if they don’t coordinate also, also not winning.
This personal development industry is simply like playing soccer, why instead of playing as a team of 12 players, you have a personal team which is making you to be a conscious person. That is the body, mind, heart and spirit which are playing in a wider consciousness. For us to succeed in life ,we must learn basic rules like exercising to keep the body fit, eating diet food to boost the energy and keep the body going, developing our skills and discovering the inborn talents and gifts, recognizing where we love playing for example me a loved to be a goalkeeper. So you also know where you really love to play, whether to be a goalkeeper like I used, the defence, striker, the point is to listen to your heart and follow.
The last but not least is to recognize that we have a coach who is understanding and better skilled than we are and in this case of life it is God. He created, he know our strength and weakness and must know the purpose he has for us which is to serve one another and He is the one coordinating everything and we must listen to Him. We must understand that this game of life like the soccer analogy we cant play alone and we must coordinate with others in order to succeed and the most important point is that the larger team is our consciousness and as for the team which stays in the camp we are incorporated in the large consciousness to play and therefore we are as one team (consciousness).
What have happens if we don’t recognize that we are as a team, definitely we shall fail as individuals and make the team to fail as a whole and this is why we are having a lot of problems in the world like poverty, diseases, war, terrorism because many have not recognized that we are in a larger consciousness and all suffer instead. And that is why if there is war, it affects everyone. For example recently in the months of December 2007, and January 2008, Kenya had post election war because people taught the election was not done fairly and resolved to physical of killing one another, and it affected everyone including those who taught it would not affect them. The same case with terrorism, it affected the whole world.
If we recognized that we are a team and follow the basic rules for individuals and recognize that we have control over ourselves definitely life would be a better place to be.
The question remains can one person bring a change, let’s say me have an impact, I want to say strongly that it is possible if we continue raising our awareness and affect one another even if in a small way and as a goals keeper or a striker I can say I did my part and we lost as a team and not as an individual. It is up to you now!
posted by HESBON at
8:17 AM
As I was growing up I got interested with playing soccer, which was believed to be a boy’s game in our society at that time. I played up to a national level during the school’s competition in our country Kenya and it is one of the games which we played with a lot of passion.
I remember we would gather together and play it since morning. During the weekends we used to go nearby stadium. Which was Gusii stadium and watch Shabana play AFC Leopards from Nairobi. It was very interesting game. We were regarded young and growing up we never paid entry fee and simply squeezed ourselves inside as small children. Right now many people are enthusiastic for the English soccer and you would hear them talk of Man U, Arsenal and such. For me I lost interest long time ago because I didn’t want to build myself into a soccer fanatic, whereby you will stay up long hours to watch the soccer.mmmmh I don’t know whether my wife will allow me to watch it now! That is a topic for next time.
Being a player or fan, both are interesting because, there is something you learn. Why do I say so, when you are a player you are playing the real game but being a fan you are a virtual player and that is why you find a player missing scoring everyone becomes angry. Because in their heads already they had scored and when you don’t fulfill it they get disappointed.
Then the other day I was thinking how this game can teach something about life lessons. Collectively if we understand soccer then we can apply it to develop our lives. Ask anyone who is a player they would tell you when you want to play; there are basic rules which must be followed in order to play well. For example you need to exercise a lot to keep fit. You must eat a health diet more sore the one which boost energy in your body. You have to always watch accomplished teams to pick and learn tact used for scoring. Your team must have a mentor who is called a coach and many times you have to stay in the camp for team building.
The above are basic rules which any team have to follow to be an accomplished team. And if you have a good coach who will teach you skills and pattern to use while playing against an opponent, you will be a respected and watched after team. In the field you have a goal keeper, who makes sure no ball passes through, then the defense, midfielders and the striking force. It is up to the coach to know how many defenders should be there, midfielders, strikers and the playing pattern.
Mostly what helps the team to succeed is the coordination, because if you have good strikers but the defense is weak definitely you can’t win the game. Therefore all areas must be balanced and well coordinated and sometimes you might have good players but if they don’t coordinate also, also not winning.
This personal development industry is simply like playing soccer, why instead of playing as a team of 12 players, you have a personal team which is making you to be a conscious person. That is the body, mind, heart and spirit which are playing in a wider consciousness. For us to succeed in life ,we must learn basic rules like exercising to keep the body fit, eating diet food to boost the energy and keep the body going, developing our skills and discovering the inborn talents and gifts, recognizing where we love playing for example me a loved to be a goalkeeper. So you also know where you really love to play, whether to be a goalkeeper like I used, the defence, striker, the point is to listen to your heart and follow.
The last but not least is to recognize that we have a coach who is understanding and better skilled than we are and in this case of life it is God. He created, he know our strength and weakness and must know the purpose he has for us which is to serve one another and He is the one coordinating everything and we must listen to Him. We must understand that this game of life like the soccer analogy we cant play alone and we must coordinate with others in order to succeed and the most important point is that the larger team is our consciousness and as for the team which stays in the camp we are incorporated in the large consciousness to play and therefore we are as one team (consciousness).
What have happens if we don’t recognize that we are as a team, definitely we shall fail as individuals and make the team to fail as a whole and this is why we are having a lot of problems in the world like poverty, diseases, war, terrorism because many have not recognized that we are in a larger consciousness and all suffer instead. And that is why if there is war, it affects everyone. For example recently in the months of December 2007, and January 2008, Kenya had post election war because people taught the election was not done fairly and resolved to physical of killing one another, and it affected everyone including those who taught it would not affect them. The same case with terrorism, it affected the whole world.
If we recognized that we are a team and follow the basic rules for individuals and recognize that we have control over ourselves definitely life would be a better place to be.
The question remains can one person bring a change, let’s say me have an impact, I want to say strongly that it is possible if we continue raising our awareness and affect one another even if in a small way and as a goals keeper or a striker I can say I did my part and we lost as a team and not as an individual. It is up to you now!
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