A journey can be defined differently by different people. To me a journey is an
experience you go through that you learn something from or are somehow changed by it.
I had an experience like this a few months ago, so I consider it a journey because
A few months before school started this year I tried out for a hockey team called
Maine Ghosts. At the time I didn't think that I had a chance of making the team because I
wasn't good enough, so at the try-out I didn't try all that hard. Basically the only reason I
tried out was for the ice time. Now that I think about it, even though I didn't think that I
would make the team I still should have tried a lot harder than I did because sometimes,
even if you don't believe it, you may be a lot better at something than you give yourself
credit for and your ability may surprise yourself when you look back on it in the future.
I got on the ice for the first try-out of three. I skated around, did the drills, shot
passed the puck like I was supposed to. I figured I wasn't doing that bad but I still wasn't
good enough to make the team, so I only did the drills and thing half-hearted. The other
try-outs I went to a week later were just about the same as the first one did, I wasn't bad
I was satisfied with the practice I had gotten and just carried on with my day to
life for the next few weeks, until I got an unexpected call from the general manager of
team, Coach Mike. I was very enthused and excited when he called because it was so
unexpected, I didn't even see it coming. He said that he was impressed with my
and that I made the team, I was very happy to hear the news.
So the summer came to a close and my junior year in high school began along
the hockey season. We had our very fi
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