Article April 9, 2012 Issue

'Take a step back' and ask God

Collin Faunt

Soccer is a big sport at my school. Every year we have enough interest to form three full teams and players still have to be cut. 

As a junior this year, I made Varsity squad. Before our season began and during the second week of practice, whenever I ran, my ankles felt weak and useless. With most things I do, I am generally happy if know I did well. For me, it’s not whether I tried my hardest, but whether I could have possibly done better. In thinking about things this way, I put a lot of pressure on myself. So when my ankles started giving me trouble, I was frustrated, knowing that I could be playing better if I wasn’t hindered. 

I thought about praying, but my first thoughts were that the problem would pass soon and I didn’t need to bother. Twice after practices I iced my ankles, and after a couple days of trying to wrap my ankles with tape, I realized that prayer in Christian Science was the best way to go and could cure this condition. 