Please post or pblish mystory. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Mazzella To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:55 AM Subject: reformatted story: The Knock Hockey Tournament
The Knock Hockey Tournament By: Cynthia Groopman As I was sitting and thinking about memories of the past, I went though my nostalgia album of positive thoughts. I began to think about an event that happened at age 10 when I was at summer day camp. One of the games I was proficient in was knock hockey. We would have a stick and have a turn to push the puck into the pocket on the opponent's side of the board. It was fun and required concentration. To make the game fun, we had a tournament in which individual campers who play against each other. The two top winners at the end of the two week period would compete and a trophy would be given to that winner. The games were fun and my opponents were not good players .I pushed my stick across the board with the puck and got it into the pocket of the other person many times. I won every game after every opponent. There was Bob, a tall bossy 12 year old who was an expert player of the game .I never had the opportunity to compete against him. I thought that I would not win since Bob was a good player, pushy and also nasty. The day of the play off tournament began. The campers were seated all in rows watching attentively. Bob was really thinking that he was the greatest, but this was a girl boy tournament and there was never a girl winner previously. I outsmarted my opponent and won. I just jumped up and down was so elated. I raised by hockey stick in the air and proclaimed victory. That was a proud moment when the trophy was presented to me. By the way, I still possess that gem. It is not whether we win or lose a game but how you play it. I learned through these tournaments of games sportsmanship, cooperating respect and concentration and achieving a goal. That is what life is about. Thus, as I am going through a difficult time now in life, I am overcoming it in the same manner as I did in winning the tournament. My trophy is still in my apartment along with my plaques and achievement citations earned as an adult. When we are weak we rise and bounce back. Let us play life's game in the same courageous manner as we play fun games. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No infections found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo System Shield® http://www.iolo.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dbilg?hl=en.
