Kids, Soccer, and Perspective

photo credit: Jamie Ander­son

“Nor­mal is in the eyes of the beholder.” — Whoopi Goldberg

I have been coach­ing my 9 year-old son’s soc­cer team the last sev­eral years. This past week­end we had prob­a­bly the worst weather we’ve had to play our game. It was windy, about 45 degree Fahren­heit, and mud every­where. Par­ents looked mis­er­able on the side­line watch­ing the game. But, how about the kids out there play­ing? They were hav­ing a blast! Fly­ing through the mud. After­wards, my son’s first com­ments were — “This is my favorite game ever!”. And all the kids on the team had the same reaction.

So, what can we gather from this? Before we judge, or crit­i­cize, or ridicule — we should try to see what­ever “it” is from the per­spec­tive of the other per­son. Often, we’ll find that we can under­stand their view­point much bet­ter by giv­ing our time and atten­tion to “it”. And, we’ll find also that we become less likely to judge, or crit­i­cize, or ridicule.

Go out and have a great week­end! Just remem­ber per­spec­tive if some­thing arises that you don’t see eye to eye with.

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!

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