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I’m a fourteen-year-old girl and I’ve been playing soccer since I was six. I have a really good kick, and I want to try out for kicker on the high school football team next spring. Everyone has an opinion about it. My parents are afraid I’ll get hurt, and also that I won’t get asked out on dates by boys. My soccer girlfriends are upset because the schedule means I can’t play soccer. I’m a little scared myself, but more about my physicality–I’m really good, but will I get better, like a boy would? Any advice–both about the physical part and the social part?
There is only one great gift we can give to ourselves: tell the truth.
Honestly, if you don’t tell anybody else the truth, you can still find peace of mind if you know that you’re being completely honest. What destroys us is when we create a lie and spend a lot of time convincing ourselves it’s the truth.
I tell you that because the most important question facing you is: why do you want to kick for the high school football team?
The question is not whether you should or whether boys will want to date you–the greatest attraction boys and girls have for each other is success. In other words, if you’re a successful high school kicker, boys will be drawn to you.
Don’t get me wrong–I’m not saying you are lying. As long as your reason for wanting to kick on the high school football team is because you’re good enough to kick on the high school football team, and you’re sure it’s the next step in your progress as an athlete, then by all means, go ahead.
So how do you know if your own heart is truthful, and that your reasons for doing this are based on your own desire?
1. If it weren’t unusual, would you still want to do it?
In other words, if you were a boy, would you still want to kick on the football team? If the answer is yes, then what’s the difference in being a girl? The goal is to make the kick–not whether it’s done by a girl or a boy.
2. Can you do this with belief in your heart, realizing that criticism will come, but it won’t change your mind?
You will have to have some determination. If it’s worth it, then determination will come.
3. And finally, if it doesn’t go well, will you still be glad you did it?
Simply put, is this valuable enough to you that if you fail at it, you will still be glad you tried because it’s what you needed to do?
This is all about you.
It’s not about what other people think and it certainly is not about avoiding trying to do it because you’re afraid of what people will feel.
I believe in you.
I wouldn’t care if you were a girl or a boy.
I would just want to know that it’s your dream…and you’re going to do it well.
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