If Only....

If only....
We all had knee pads.

If only...
We had a few extra persons so that we could rotate in.

If only..
we were ten years younger.

If only...
Half of us had not had the stomach flu this week

If only...
We had practice in between games each week.

If only...
We didn't use all our energy to win the first set.

Okay that is a lot of excuses but some how it makes us feel better. We are having so much fun playing volleyball every week. We really are playing well considering the fact that we do not practice between games and that most of us really did have the stomach flu this week. We won the first set- we lost the second set 22/20, and then lost the third set. The third one really got us. We are so tired by the third set.

Even though we were tired the real problem is that the third set we stopped communicating and we were not working together as a team. Ironically we can learn a valuable life lesson just from playing a game of volleyball. Some things are a given...Life is going to be hard and we are going to get tired. When this happens it is critical that we continue communicating with one other and that we never stop working together as a team. It is when we have strong communication, team work, and covering each other's back that we make it through the difficult seasons of life. We must not become agitated by one another but must encourage each other, remembering that we are all bringing different skill levels to the game of life. When everyone is contributing to the game, when we are focused on improving ourself and not the other person, and when we are encouraging each other on that is when we become true winners in the game of life. If we can do that then who cares if we loose a few volleyball games.