Monday, August 30, 2010

School and Quotes.

So, last Monday my sisters and I started school. I was not quite ready to start, but as we ease into the year I have found that it's not as bad as I thought. One of my assignments for the year is to start to keep a quotes journal. If you have any quotes that you wouldn't mind sharing that would be great. They don't have to about anything in particular. Life, love, sports, and things that make me laugh, those are some of the categories that I have, but I can add more. My email is, josephb123 at gmail dot com.

As for soccer, which started right before school: my team is looking a lot better. Not as good as we would like but there is a marked improvement among the players.

A couple of quotes that I think pertain to my team this year are:
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson.

And,

Hard work and togetherness. They go hand in hand. You need hard work because it's such a tough atmosphere..... to win week in and week out. You need togetherness because you don't always win.
Tony Dungy.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Soccer and Girls.

If you know me, you know I love soccer. Well, soccer season is finally here. This year the whole team has a new look: We added girls to our team. At first I thought it was a bad idea, and while it still isn't the way I would like it I have found that it isn't bad as it could be. We could be playing with girls that aren't any good.
The whole idea of having girls on the team has created some major controversy among the guys. Some of them don't want to play because of the girls. But as far as I'm concerned soccer is soccer even if we have to play with girls on the team. We may not get better as quick as if we were on an all guys team, but we are still playing soccer. We won't get any better by just sitting at home. So the bottom line is that we as a team need to be more flexible, I mean we still get play soccer.


Saturday, August 7, 2010

You never know what you got till it's gone.

Earlier this year my sister Katie decided that she wanted to send her summer in the Middle East with some friends. In the days and weeks leading up to her departure I honestly didn't feel like I would miss her that much. But as time went by I realized that I missed her a lot. In Toby Mac's song, Gone, there is a line that says," You never know what you got till it's gone." I'd heard that said many times but had never thought about it twice. Having Katie gone all summer really put that in perspective. I never thought of Katie as a really close friend, she was just my sister. But since she's been gone I discovered that she was and still is one of my best friends. She gets home in six days and I'm very excited. In Katie's blog (http://livelovelaugh77.blogspot.com/ ) she talks about all the new friends she is making and hanging out with, while I'm really happy for her it kinda makes me jealous, that other people get to see her and hang with her while sit here and miss her. I can't wait to spend the last days of summer with her.