Lacking Confidence

So I was sitting in a bath tub thinking about what I told my coach at softball practice... I stood there and told him I didnt want to catch anymore when I absoululty love it! I told him I just didnt want to play it anymore because i Have been catching for the last 3 years and im tired of it. While I was thinking about that decision maybe being a mistake i thought about lyrics that I heard in a song that stuck in my mind.

Thats when I realized a lot of kids give up on there dreams or goals because there afraid of messing up or not being able to acheive them. They make up some reason for not wanting to do it anymore. Weather it be an injury, getting bored of doing somthing, ect. People are always able to find some sort of excuse. But in reality these excuses are only to cover up being scared!

I thought about what I did, and how other people do it. Thats when I realized it was an excuse because im scared. Im scared of hurting my shoulder again, im scared of messing up, im scared of not being the best of my ability, but mostly im scared of not succeeding.

The song I was talking about earlier in this blog is what really made me realize im a afriad. It said..." i never thought id ever try most of the things i dream at night so watch me tremble and fall down trying everything im afraid of but not to try would be such a crime its the day you believe in something the way you can face your life and say i will be anything that i can imagine " So many people give up. I dont want to be the one to look back on my life, and say I wish I would have tried and not given up so easily.

I dont think I or anybody else wants that. Nobody wants to look back on there life and wish they had done somthing different. Always try to acheive what you started. You see with me, I still have time. I just have to go to my coach and tell him I want to catch but tell him why I Said i didnt want to in the first place.... because I was scared.

The best advice I can give anyone is the one I live by...." Always Keep going, Never give up on your dreams, thats the last thing you want to do!" So many kids nowadays are just scared. They lack the confidence and support. Luckily for me I have a mother who supports every decision I make for softball, and friends who realize how much it means to me to succeed at somthing I love.

But so many people dont have that, and thats why im writing this. Not to show people what happend to me, or why this is bothering me but... To try and show kids with dreams or goals that even if you lack confidence or support, to keep going. Just because you dont believe in your self doesnt mean the people around you dont. You have to keep trying and never give up. Even if you happen to mess up, dont look back. Always look to the future and what you can do with it. If you lack support, support yourself. If you lack confidence find someone who believes in you even if you dont believe in yourself. The worst thing anyone can ever do is give up.

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