There are moments in life that change everything. Those moments can be small or large, public or private, expected or unexpected. But they are the moments that shape who we are and who we become..
For me, one of those moments came in 1986, when I was 16 years old. I was a high school student living in a small town in the Midwest. I didn’t have many friends, and I was struggling to find my place in the world..
One day, I was walking home from school when I saw a group of kids playing basketball in the park. I stopped to watch, and after a while, one of the kids asked me if I wanted to play. I said yes, and we started playing..
I wasn’t very good at basketball, but I didn’t care. I was just happy to be playing with other kids. We played for hours, and by the time we were finished, I felt like I had made some new friends..
The next day, I went back to the park to play basketball again. This time, there were even more kids there. We played for hours again, and I had even more fun than I had the day before..
As the week went on, I kept going back to the park to play basketball. I was starting to feel like I belonged somewhere. I was making new friends, and I was starting to feel more confident in myself..
One day, I was playing basketball when I heard a song that I didn’t recognize. I asked one of the kids what it was, and he told me it was called .
