Advice from a pony.

So, I have this Facebook program called "Ponyhoof" where you can "Ponify" your Facebook and this is the new status bar: "What lessons in friendship have you learned today?" And, I thought it was very cute, and at the same time, very eye grabbing to me, because a lot just happened in the last four hours and it made me feel very upset, very stressed, and I didn't even want to have any sort of hope because I just feel like something failed. If you guys are in competitive sports, you know what I mean. It's never fun to lose by 2 points in basketball (one point in baseball, 3/7 in football, you get the point.) But it's not fun, rather it makes you mad because you thought that you had a chance, but chances go bye and life doesn't always go the way you planned. I hate seeing careless mistakes, times when we could've made more shots, but we missed. It depresses me. To tell you guys a secret, I got home and I just cried. In front of my parents. All because we lost. I wasn't even playing and I still got emotional. It was hard to see...I couldn't handle to see that we were so close, yet so far. So, I go and I pull up Facebook and this comes up. (Interesting I had never seen this before...)

Anyway, so what lessons have I learned in friendship today? Always be there for them. For my friends who played the game, they must've felt pretty crappy afterward. One of my friends wouldn't even speak. He was just so beat up after it and felt like he failed at something. Inside, I bet they all felt that. They failed at a game they could've won, and it was pretty depressing to watch those last minutes. But, don't be the one that will mope with them. Be the encouraging one. I was going to post on Facebook to them this, but I decided to hold back...*bad of me, I know...* but here it is if I ever get the guts to do it.

"Hey guys, so even though today, you might've felt like you failed and you could've won but you didn't, I just want you to know that you guys played pretty good today. Don't stare at the negatives forever, but look at the positive. Most of the time, you guys had great defense. The number of times the went up for threes because you guys didn't let them in is phenomenal. That is something to cheer about. And when you guys did score, it was exciting to see you could score that many against them. Whenever you guys score, whether you splash or you layup, it's always showing progress and how far you've come. I know that we might feel depressed after that game, but don't be so sad, be happy that you guys did a good job, and I have never felt more proud than to be a manager for this team. I know I sound like a mother, but I'm blessed to be a manager for you guys. Everyone messes up, teams will have these losses. Some lose like this in the championship, but you move on and you kick butt next time."

And that's basically it. So I learned that you always care for your friends, you have to be the encourager for when there's no one there to encourage. Just remember that.

Bea