Our 13-year-old son won a local "Hoop (篮球) Shooting" competition and entered the regional competition. So on Saturday morning we 1 our bags and headed down to Green Bay, Wisconsin to 2 many other basketball shooters for an 3 to move forward to the state championships.
In the competition, my son 4 waited his turn. Nearly an hour later, he went to the hoops. His first basket was a 5 . We could see the frustration (沮丧) in his eyes. He tried 6 to shoot another hoop. Then another failure -- he shook his head in 7 . But he continued. Finally, he 8 to shoot a few balls and scored 20 points. My son 9 from his hoop, frustrated and disappointed, being 10 that he didn't make it because there were several guys getting over 40 points, already 11 his.
If it had been up to our 12 son to decide, he would have left before watching the game and 13 himself in our hotel. Instead, we took this chance to help him 14 this life disappointment: giving him time for frustration and then sharing our opinion on this 15. We told him: It's because of his earlier 16 that we were able to watch this game; it's 17 to fail. We all fail at some point in our lives. We were proud of him though he didn't 18 the prize.
In the end, we 19, watched the game, and had a great time! When you are 20 by life, don't let it keep you down. As the old saying goes, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade!"
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