"This I Believe"

Draft 2

I believe in not living in regret. Living in regret can cause you to feel sorry for yourself, and eventually you could lose sight of your goals in life. When you have no goals or dreams your life can be affected in many negative ways. For example, your job school and your family would all be affected.

About 2 years ago hockey was everything in my life. All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid is play ice hockey. I would play year round with no more than a couple of weeks off a year. At the end of my sophomore year a few friends convinced me to play baseball during the summer, just for fun. During a baseball practice in mid-June, I ran over a small hole in the grass and tore two ligaments in my knee. I then needed surgery to replace them both. The rehab period was six months, and for four of them I couldn’t walk without a bulky brace on my leg. The rehab was long and tiring but I made it worse by not taking it too serious. The only thing I ever thought about was what if I decided to not play baseball that year. After my rehab I stopped working out, and stopped playing sports all together. As a result I missed the entire ice hockey season my junior year. Watching the games was hard to do knowing I could be helping the team. So I decided to work out that summer and play some recreation hockey, so I could try and play my senior year.

The hard work paid off I played my whole senior year, but I was never as good as I was before my injury. That didn’t matter to me. I was just happy to be playing. As a result I realized that hockey was not as important as I made it out to be. It was just a game. If I had just regretted playing baseball I would not have been able to play my final season. Now I can focus on more important things.


Post write

I feel that my second draft includes a little more information than my first one. There mere a few gaps i had left in the first draft that were explained a bit more here. Still, it seems a bit weak to me when i read it.

Now i need to find a better way to explaiin why i believe what i believe, and possibly find another way to relate my belief. The paper should also be a bit longer.

Questions i would have for the reader are:
1. Do you understand my belief?
2. Do you understand why i belive in not living in regret?
3. Do you think i should use another example?

"This I Believe" Assignment number one

Draft 1

I believe in not living in regret. Living in regret can cause you to feel sorry for yourself, and eventually you could lose sight of your goals in life. When you have no goals or dreams your life can be affected in many negative ways. For example, your job school and your family would all be affected.

About 2 years ago hockey was everything in my life. All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid is play ice hockey. I would play year round with no more than a couple of weeks off a year. At the end of my sophomore year a few friends convinced me to play baseball during the summer, just for fun. During a baseball practice in mid-June I tore two ligaments in my knee, and had surgery to replace them both. The rehab period was six months, and for four of them I couldn’t walk without a bulky brace on my leg. The only thing I ever thought about was what if I decided to not play baseball that year. After my rehab I stopped working out, and stopped playing sports all together. As a result I missed the entire ice hockey season my junior year. Watching the games was hard to do knowing I could be helping the team. So I decided to work out that summer and play some recreation hockey, so I could try and play my senior year.

The hard work paid off I played my whole senior year, but I was never as good as I was before my injury. That didn’t matter to me. I was just happy to be playing. As a result I realized that hockey was not as important as I made it out to be. It was just a game. If I had just regretted playing baseball I would go nowhere in life. Now I can focus on going to school and hopefully getting a good job.