Many might say that “life is a bowl of cherries” or as Forrest Gump might say “life is a box of chocolates.“ I find both these statements to be true, but not as much as what I say, “Life is like a big football game.” Every day is like a new play. Every week is like 1“ down, Finally, every year begins like a new quarter. Although the one thing that is different in this football game is that it never ends.
In football there are penalties for making mistakes just like in life there are consequences for your actions. There are also rewards for doing well in life just like in football you can get touchdowns There are also referees in life and football, If you don’t understand how the game works here is a concise description. Two opposing teams M in a game. One team tries to move the football into the other team’s end-zone while the other team keeps them from scoring.
If a player does something against the rules they are penalized.
The penalty for making a mistake is accounted for by yards, The worse or more dangerous the penalty is the more yards that are taken away or given. The person who calls the penalties is the referees, You might think to yourself, how does some sport m to life in any way) shape, or form at all. It is like my dad always says, “Everything in life can be M down to a football analogy” One of the penalties most commonly known is offside’s.
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This is when a player on the defense moves into the area where the ball is on the ground before the ball is moved. This penalty only occurs My because of lack of self discipline. There are no if ands or btlts about it. That is not the only penalty that is related to self discipline. Also when you make the penalty it does not just affect you and the way you play in the next play.
The way this applies to life is if you are not self disciplined then you can make stupid and easily avoided mistakes. This includes thing like not doing your homework or procrastinating to do tasks you are assigned, There are many examples of me doing this in football and life, The time I can recollect the most was back in the 7‘“ grade when I was not what you might call a “top notch student.” I was behind in multiple classes and it was bad. The next day was the mid terms and I knew that if I did not get all my work done my dad would filet over a hot skillet. That night I reaped the rewards of my actions, There I sat each tick and tock of the clock was like an entire drum corps in my head. It was twelve thirty on a school night. Any m person would have been in bed three hours ago. I was behind in four of my classes for school. Each class seemed like a mountain I had to climb and descend. Then I had to prepare for the next one after that.
I knew that procrastination would be the atflphy of my grades if I was not disciplined enough Then I decided I needed to take a break to cosolodate my thoughts, I went to go get a drink of water, as 1 got out of my chair mv legs wobbled like a new born colt learning to walk. I had forgotten I had been sitting in that lousy chair for several hours if it had been any other chair it most likely would not have mattered, But this chair was an abomination and almost a disgrace to all other chairsr It was the front seat from a 1965 Ford Mustang just simply set on top of the broken frame of another chair. i loved and hated it at the same time. I got back and sat in my chair (unfortunately). My homework stared into me as if I had done it an 1mm by abandoning it to go get water, It almost made me feel bad. I started back up on where I left off and kept diligently working.
The time was then one fifteen a.m., I had one question left and it was science, my best subject. Finally I was done I got up and slowly m up the ladder towards my bed. Then I laid down on the pillow, my best friend, and my other close companion the blanket, Soon they both gently wrapped me in a Chrysalis of my own relaxation. Slowly but surely my fatigue suffocated me to sleep. When I woke up the next morning it did not welcome me well. I stepped out and tried to greet my mom like a normal human being but it came out as a low dubious moan. I tried to eat breakfast because I knew it would give me energy for the rest of the day. The problem with that was that in order to make up for the energy I lost last night, I would have to eat voraciously and look even less human than I already did. In the end, even after the logical argument with myself, I just had a bowl of cereal and some fruit snacks even though they are supposed to be for lunches only.
The whole morning was almost m; before I knew it I was in class being m to death again. The class I was in was math, one of the subjects I have been mid in work at. That last night math was primarily what I what I did. My head was so full of math a probably couldn’t tell the difference between a two and a plus sign. Soon the teacher said “Please pull out your homework from last night,“ Then it hit me, hard. I was so caught up in homework from three weeks ago that I had completely forgotten about that night’s homework. So I quickly did it knowing it would most likely be a bad grade anyway. I slowly budged through the rest of the day. When I got home I m on the couch and slept what felt like my. I knew that the next day would be better. This story will always remind me of why staying disciplined is very important. If you don’t manage to do so you can lose the game.
Each home work assignment that was not done was like getting the ball moved back five yards. Soon I was all the way in my own end zone and had a long drive ahead of me. Every day was like a new down but I failed to take advantage of it. Soon the downs became quarters and then I only had a short time to get it in for a touchdown. Although in the end I did make the touchdown the game continues on. Now what has happened is behind me and I know the biggest thing I learned was that only team you can lose against is yourself even in a real football game. If make no mistakes then you are guaranteed to win. But we are all human and we know that is not possible If you make a mistake only you can fix it or own up to it. It is true that in football you win as a team and you lose ass team, well in the game of life you are a one man team playing yourself The other big thing I learned is that no matter what happens in the past you always have to be ready for the next play.
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