Then the game started. It became so heated. The boys in the pitch were all masculine, strong and 'giants'. I was preserved as a reliever in the second 45 minutes of the game.You can imagine how I felt as I saw the roughness, the speed and the strength in the field. At this moment I wished the first half never came to an end. My heart was beating, I looked down at myself, I was frozen, My face became pale and when the time came and Mr. Migose went: " Okech! Okech! Play like it was your last day... This is your time bravo!
I was the smallest figure in the field. The spectators of the opposite team jeered and pointed at number 7, " easy! easy! easy!. in reply our side of the team could go: 'Short n sure! Short n Sure! Short n Sure.
I was indecisive, I didn't know what to believe. My opponent was that tall boy I could easily walk under between his legs. I got hold of the ball and heard an unusual applause, the noise and the drum beat. the small man had the ball. I was to showcase my prowess. One, two, three, then passed it, the tall one was humiliated. People laughed and cheered me,. This gave me momentum. I started to look at it differently. This game was nil-nil and I felt like it all depended on me. My life too depended on it.
Second touch was amusing, the opponent couldn't let me do it again, so I gave a pass, ran fast and low like the ball under him, when I got in a good position I got a pass and stroke the ball. The net behind the goal shook and the referee acknowledged the score. We ended one-nil against our opponent.
This is one of the moments that shaped my life. I might not be a great guy or never did any great thing but decided to do the small things in great way. Everyone has to decide who and what they become. Other people's opinion of you doesn't have to become your reality. Thus I pose the question, who are you?
Are you ugly, unable, weak, never winning, spectator, old and frail, disadvantaged? if these are the things you keep thinking and speaking of yourself , then you are building a tarmac for your failure. These will keep looking for you, they will follow and eventually live within you.
Stay positive. Even when things seem difficult and impossible to accomplish, wear the "I can do it" attitude for such opportunities and challenges never come to you if and when you cannot handle them.
