A Letter to Myself

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right. 
 ~Theodore Roosevelt

Dear Old Me, 

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. My goal is not to be better than anyone else but better than I used to be. Today is a sunny day. As I was jogging by the Charles River, the sunshine reflected on the riverbank making it bright and hard to see.

And, I remembered you, the old me...

The Right Place

(at the right time)

Luck is a burst of skill...

~John Fitz

You should always try, even if you fail. Before, I thought of myself as a decent, but not great, soccer player. However, being in the right place at the right time gave me confidence as a soccer player.

When a small gift is a big deal...

Men are only respectable only as they respect

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Respect is when you give admiration someone for something they did unusual or extraordinary. I have great respect for the job of teachers , since they basically affect how a kid learn new things and control the environment of a school. Respect does not have to be anything special, you can just say thanks when the teachers did you a flavor or something.

Sunny's Top Three Reads

I am a part of everything I have read.

~Theodore Roosevelt

Are you a book lover? I am not, but reading helps me write. Writing is hard, but reading will give you more ideas about how to express feelings and emotions. Here are my Top-Three favorite books that I have read. 

Top Three “Weather’s"

If you don’t like the weather, wait a few hours…

~Old New England Saying

The weather is everywhere always—and we can’t escape it. At any given time it is sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, stormy hot, cold, humid, dry, sleety, windy and combinations of everything.. The weather not only affects the environment we live around everyday, but it also affects our moods and behaviors. 

Here are my top three weathers that I like and how they affect me.

Working harder=getting better...

I'm a greater believer in luck,
and I find the harder I work the more I have of it
~Thomas Jefferson

I don’t like working hard, but I am not satisfied with what I have accomplished unless I have done the best I could do.  I know that I have to work hard to accomplish my goals, and I know that I must practice what I learned until I master it.

Making a habit of Winning

As an old saying goes, “Winning is a habit.” When you want something badly enough, you will reach that goal by putting in the effort; you will taste that joy and that desire; and even more, you will work harder to reach that goal and to reach that feeling of joy again.

I knew this joy because I experienced this joy. I started playing basketball in fifth grade, and I deeply fell in love with the game. I liked how the the player’s connect, how you score for the basket, and how you fight for the rebound. However, when I came to the town of Concord from Shanghai, my basketball skills were pretty bad compared to other kids in town who had been playing travel ball for three or four years.

What makes a good basketball player

    In order to become a great basketball player, you need a lot of things. You need to have a work ethic, the competitiveness, shooting , dribbling, passing skill and stamina.  If you cannot make shots in the game, you will not score in games. If you don’t know how to dribble, you will get tons of turnovers in games. If you do not have the passing skill, you will not be able to work with the team. You will not have the stamina to run up and down the court, and you will not even be able to follow the pace of the game; however, among all of these skills, having a work ethic and being competitive is the most important , because if you have a work ethic, you will get better on all the hard skills;  and  if you have a competitive mindset, you will care more about winning or losing games.

A good day gone bad

Injuries will destroy an athlete’s career. Nobody likes it. I just got a little ankle sprain when I was playing basketball in my friend’s backyard. I did not expect the injury, and it hurt so much when I rolled my ankle. Because of this injury, I cannot do any activity for one week, which is frustrating!

             The Man and the Dragon

Once upon a time, there was a rich man in China’s Qing dynasty who really liked Dragons, but he never believed that dragons were real. However,  he put posters of dragons all around his house, wrote myths about the dragons and prayed everyday before a dragon’s portrait.