It feels like I'm just repeating myself.
Even though I'm sure all of ya'll are keeping up to date on your Swedish "football" matches and this is probably all just old news, I'm going to talk about it anyway.
Now Kate (Sobrero) Markgraf is... well, she's old, for one thing. (Even older than CP.) In fact, she's one of the most senior defenders we've got playing for us right now. She's been capped close to 150 times.
But in all that time, she's never scored a goal for us. (Although there was that one time supposedly at a practice where she broke her jaw in the process...) Right now, she's in Sweden, playing for Orebro (with Lil).
Just a few days ago, Sobby scored.
I was just reading what Lil had to say about that, this part in particular:You know we all dream about scoring a goal and wondering if it really changes your life or really matters that much, well I think it does matter. It matters, but it doesn't change anything about you, but it does help your team and that is what we are all out here to do. I think as a team we all were excited for the goal and deep down think Kate is happy but Kate is also just as happy or even more so, when she can shut down a player and make sure no balls go in the back of our net.
To me, that's really important. When you score a goal on our team, it's not just yours, it's everyone's. That's the US mentality, I think, and that's what makes us so strong, really. We have this really strong sense of unity and commitment to each other and our team.
You can find that sort of thing everywhere, really.
In the Bible, God teaches us to deny some of the things we want to work toward the preservation of our souls. Sacrifice for the greater good. Even on Saturday morning cartoon shows, like Batman, you have people sacrificing parts of themselves and their own happiness for the happiness and success of others. It's the right way to live. It makes sense.
So I've got this decision to make right now. And my problem is people keep telling me I should do what makes me happy and what feels right, but I don't know how to find out what that is when any choice I make feels like it won't be for the greater good, or it will really hurt someone.
I'm not sure what the right choice is, which I guess is just because there is no real "us" and "them." There's just me and then there's these other people who could end up hurt by my choices and it's insane, really, that life should work this way.
I've been praying for clarity lately, but it hasn't come yet. Not that I'm trying to be impatient. I mean, I am sort of already, but I'm kind of praying for patience, too. I just hope that writing about it will help clarify some things on my own. God can only do so much for us before we have to get off our butts and work things out for ourselves.
Now Kate (Sobrero) Markgraf is... well, she's old, for one thing. (Even older than CP.) In fact, she's one of the most senior defenders we've got playing for us right now. She's been capped close to 150 times.
But in all that time, she's never scored a goal for us. (Although there was that one time supposedly at a practice where she broke her jaw in the process...) Right now, she's in Sweden, playing for Orebro (with Lil).
Just a few days ago, Sobby scored.
I was just reading what Lil had to say about that, this part in particular:You know we all dream about scoring a goal and wondering if it really changes your life or really matters that much, well I think it does matter. It matters, but it doesn't change anything about you, but it does help your team and that is what we are all out here to do. I think as a team we all were excited for the goal and deep down think Kate is happy but Kate is also just as happy or even more so, when she can shut down a player and make sure no balls go in the back of our net.
To me, that's really important. When you score a goal on our team, it's not just yours, it's everyone's. That's the US mentality, I think, and that's what makes us so strong, really. We have this really strong sense of unity and commitment to each other and our team.
You can find that sort of thing everywhere, really.
In the Bible, God teaches us to deny some of the things we want to work toward the preservation of our souls. Sacrifice for the greater good. Even on Saturday morning cartoon shows, like Batman, you have people sacrificing parts of themselves and their own happiness for the happiness and success of others. It's the right way to live. It makes sense.
So I've got this decision to make right now. And my problem is people keep telling me I should do what makes me happy and what feels right, but I don't know how to find out what that is when any choice I make feels like it won't be for the greater good, or it will really hurt someone.
I'm not sure what the right choice is, which I guess is just because there is no real "us" and "them." There's just me and then there's these other people who could end up hurt by my choices and it's insane, really, that life should work this way.
I've been praying for clarity lately, but it hasn't come yet. Not that I'm trying to be impatient. I mean, I am sort of already, but I'm kind of praying for patience, too. I just hope that writing about it will help clarify some things on my own. God can only do so much for us before we have to get off our butts and work things out for ourselves.