good things come to those who wait (4a)

I tore my right meniscus in my summer of 10^th grade playing softball. The doctor told me that I needed surgery and would only have 30% of my meniscus left in my knee. Also, there was floating cartledge in my knee that they would have to clean up. If I got surgery I would never be able to play soccer in my junior year. In my junior year I was starting forward for the girls soccer team. That year we won many different championships. We were conference champions; county champions, Long Island champions, New York State champions and we placed as the 9^th best team in all of the United States, which included public, catholic and private high schools. Being a part of such a successful soccer team was a feeling I cant explain. The memory and feeling of running and hugging my teammates as the referrer blew his whistle at the end of our championship game is something I will never forget. As we won not only did our coaches and teammates run on the field to hug one another but our friends and family ran on after us. Our game took place at SUNY Cortland. As we had our 5 hour ride back to Long Island the principal of our high school informed the town of what our team has accomplished. They had the news paper publishers there, the town fire trucks, teachers, our classmates and all our family waiting at the school for our bus to pull into our school’s parking lot. As we pulled up everyone cheered and the fire trucks rang their alarms. As we walked off the bus with tears of happiness in our eyes and sadness that our season was officially over and we would not be able to every play together since unfortunately the seniors would not be coming back next year I felt like a movie star. It was a feeling I wont ever forget for as long as I live. I wish every day that I could go back to that day and relive it. The gym now has a huge picture of the team and poster that says all our names and the accomplishments we have won that year hanging  up. Going back into that gym and looking at that accomplishment hanging on the wall is such a proud moment for me. I met my best friends playing soccer and having that accomplishment is definitely something we will be talking about as we all grow old together. This is why I believe good things come to those who wait, if I got that surgery I would have missed out on the most amazing thing to ever happen to me.

My declared major right now is athletic training and I am having some trouble in some of my classes. My roommate is a nursing major who is taking very difficult classes that I eventually will have to also take. I know that if I work hard I will be able to do it. After my four years of becoming a athletic trainer I hope to go to school again and become a Physical Therapist. I know that it will be a long journey but if I be patient and work hard in all my classes the outcome will be positive and I get a job of becoming a Physical Therapist that I have always dreamed of since I was a little girl. I believe this will be worth waiting for because it is a goal I have set for myself that I want to accomplish. Not only will I accomplish that goal but also will have a very good job that will support my family.

I believe us as americans have instant gratification. Do something that makes us happy motivates us to keep doing it. Having something you enjoy doing is a positive unlike doing something that you have to force yourself to do because you don’t enjoy it.  Just like from the readings the kids couldn’t resist not eating the marshmallow because its something the enjoy.