There are several things that I feel are important in this video. We are all very quick to judge others, and maybe even laugh at them, before putting ourselves in their position. This girl, probably 12-14 years old, is suddenly realizes that she is not only directly singing in front of probably 50-60,000 people but that there are also millions watching at home on TV. She can suddenly only think of is all those people and not the words.
More important than the girl singing, I can’t help but think
of the coach. This man has had only one
thing on his mind for an entire season, a championship. How to get there, who to play, strategy both during
the game and preparation, pretty much he has probably let this goal become his
life. At a time when this goal is about to possibly happen and he is thinking
of all that is about to happen, he sees the same thing we saw, this girl
struggling to remember the lyrics. He, at that moment, had nothing to gain from
this but dropped all his thoughts of basketball and helped this girl. When everyone else saw this, they also
stopped laughing and began to help as well.
True character is seen in how you react and help others when
you have absolutely nothing to gain.
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