Words can make such a difference in our world.
On Sunday, my 8 year old granddaughter had a soccer game with Highland United Soccer Club. Usually she plays a defensive postion for her travel team. She also plays in a recreational league where she plays in an offensive position as a wing. She is always dissappointed to be put in on defense- She wants to SCORE. On Sunday her team was up 5-0 so she got her chance- the coach put her in as a halfback, playing offense and defense. To our amazement Molly took off with speed we had never seen, usually not one of the faster kids on the field, she went after the ball got it an dribbled down the sidelines, brought it to the center and fired a dynamite shot on goal to score the teams sixth goal of the day. After that she was fired up. She was after the ball, dribbling around the other players, and making beautiful passes and had an assist.
After the game and all the high fives were said and done Molly and I were walking to the car. I told Molly I had never seen her run so fast. She said, "Oh Everett ( her older cousin) came to my practice and told me I was faster than that, so I showed him how fast I was and he said I was very fast."
Those simple words- "you are fast" changed her whole attitude and confidence level.
We are bombarded each day with words- The local and national campaigns seem to be so negative. Molly made me think- imagine how our country might react if we have some positive words coming at us- Wow think of the possibilities!
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