An abyss is the lowest part of a
person/hero’s journey. It is the place of darkness and a place to face
(metaphorical) monsters. Once the “dragon is slayed” transformation occurs.
All throughout my life I have fallen into
abysses of different magnitudes. One of the most recent ones that have occurred
was tryouts for the volleyball team this year. I was really shooting to make
Junior Varsity (JV), but that unfortunately didn’t happen. Instead, I made the
sophomore team. At first I couldn’t get over it. I was furious at myself,
because I thought I had tried really hard at tryouts. Then I second-guessed
myself and thought that maybe I hadn’t
tried as hard as I should have. But as the days passed, I realized that in the
long run me making the sophomore team was the best possible outcome. There are
quite a few reasons for this reasoning. One is because by being on the
sophomore team; I get an abundant amount of playing time. Also, my coach really
pays attention to me and I feel like I am getting better and better each
practice. Also, it gave me a chance to make friends with a lot of really great
freshmen; I can tell that in a couple years they are still going to be good
friends of mine. This is not to say that I wouldn’t like to be on JV. However
for many different reasons I am completely content with making the sophomore
team. Thinking hard about it, in my point of view the whole world revolves
around labels. It’s what things are labeled that make people want or not want
them, and I think that I just had to get over my want for the label of JV and
face reality. The best way for me to improve greatly this season is by being on
the team that I’m on, not the team I randomly wanted to make.
This is a highlights video from the Olympic's volleyball. I can only hope and work to one day be as good as these players are!
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