The Soccer trials, A question about life

Before coming to tech, I had researched everything about the soccer at this place. I emailed the club a dozen times to ask them about the trials and everything.

Thus, I started to practice harder. I wanted this so bad; I literally put hands on every paper or book I could find about soccer to understand more about the technical aspects of the game.  

It was the day of the trials. I was excited, nervous. We started playing some short games. The way soccer is played in the states is way different than India. The speed of the game is fast, you cannot hold the ball longer and its all about passing. I somehow knew I wasn’t going to make the team, but what I told myself was, “You’ll never know unless you try”. I tried the best I could, but ended up having one of the worst games of my life. I didn’t make the team. That made me think.

On the way back to the dorm, I thought real hard. I walked alone, sat isolated in the dark and thought. I thought about what went wrong, what should I have done to correct it.

In the end, I asked myself a question: What is it that you want in life? You know you’re not going to make a career in soccer, but what is it that you really want? And after hours of thinking, I concluded. All I want in life is to be happy. I want to make the most of every opportunity that I get and try my best to succeed because somewhere like 60 years down the road, when I’ll be in a hospital, waiting for my final breath, I don’t want to regret any of the choices I made and wonder what would’ve happed if I ‘d chosen something else instead of what I did choose.

I just want you, to ask yourself the same question, “What is it that you want out of your life?” Trust me, it’ll help you.

I’d just like to end this post with one of my favorite quotes:

“ Laugh your heart out,

   Dance in the rain.

   Cherish the moment,

   Ignore the pain.

   Live, laugh, love,

   Forgive and forget,

   Life’s too short to be living with regrets.”