~:[CH11 - Day 356]:~ Adversity

 
~:[CH11 - Day 356]:~ Adversity

It was mostly a joyous day as the students enjoyed the final day of school of 2022. We exchanged our greetings before I headed off and helped out at a photoshoot. After wrapping up, I headed over the basketball game, as the teams played three close games versus Gahr. We won the first by one and we lost the last two in overtime. It was a little devastating, but my sadness turned to anger as an assistant from Gahr ran up to our bench and started unnecessarily gloating in front of our team. As I drove home, that moment repeated through my mind as I kept thinking about how sometimes when you win you lose and there was no better example than that. As the wave of emotions started to fade though, my thought turned towards our teams and how painful losing can be. It made me remember of all the most challenging times in my life and how difficult it was to navigate. I hope that they can see that this adversity that they are facing is what will actually make them the strongest in the end if they can keep pushing forward. As the dark cloud of their struggles linger over, keeping the hope and motivation to keep moving forward (no matter how slowly or quickly) is key. As the weight of each challenge is place on their back. it would be easy to give up and just fall, but the key through this process is to never give up. The weight of each of those challenges will make them stronger and it's moments like today that can hopefully motivate them, rather than conquer them. It's definitely not easy to face the frustration of facing each of these challenges and disappointments, but the adversity can turn into a victory greater than any winning streak could provide. In these most challenging of times, I hope that they can uplift each other to help carry the burden of these challenging times so that instead of giving up and falling, they will rise even stronger than they were before. As I went through editing the photo from the shoot today, I scrolled through the photos of these glorious and joyous moments and I just know that these are the images that await these athletes after they navigate through the adversity and when they are ready to rise into the spotlight. To the team, keep your head up and keep moving forward together.