Lately, I am getting tired of watching ESPN. All I hear about is 'steroids', 'gunshot', 'arrested', ....... Don't they have anything better to talk about on TV? Can they just once talk about something good that people do? It is a lot easier to see people do bad things than see them do good things. And if you see someone do one thing wrong, then, he/she will be labeled as a bad person. But I don't think that's true. There are lots of lots of people who are doing great things in our lives that are buried underground and no one ever sees. I am not just talking about athletes doing great things but just people around me and you.
Here is one girl who is in high school. She drinks occasionally (hope not too often). She does things that would upset any parent. But she is smiley with a kind heart. She is not afraid to talk to anyone and willing to help people out. She gets emotional sometimes. Even when she is frustrated, she tries to hide it (but I can tell she is). Of course, underage drinking is not right. But she has a lot of good things in her that many people may not have. Some people may say if they find out that she is drinking that 'oh, she is drinking. what a bad girl.' But wait a minute. Just don't put a label on her that says 'a bad girl'. What about other positives things that she does like volunteering at church.
When adults see children do something wrong. They will try to fix it. But when they see them do great things, how many people will even be willing to help them do better things. They will be more than likely to let it go. Teachers, sports coaches, youth group leaders, .... whoever working with children better pay more attention to see what those kids are doing. It's easy to find out what they do wrong. But it takes more to find out what they do right and great things that they do. And if you pay attention, there are many things that you can learn from them. If you are one of those who think that adults are teachers and kids are students, you are WRONG!! Because kids are also teachers to adults. Sports Illustrated spends one page each issue talking about amateur athletes who have accomplished something great. I wish they would spend more time and pages like that.
