Finding success after failure - Sports Comment on the lessons you learn from the stories at TorahContest.com Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce back from failure. By: Adina Jaffa Masores Bais Yaakov There was a girl, Tamar. Every Motzei Shabbos, she went to play basketball. While playing, someone threw a ball at her. She didn’t know what to do! Oh, no! So, she tried shooting it into the hoop and missed. After that, the game ended. Everyone was shouting, screaming and embarrassing her. They said, “Why are you so bad at basketball. We don’t want you on our team.” She went home and cried to her mother. The whole week she practiced. She actually thought she has a chance at winning. The next week came and she said, “I am going to win this for my team.” Right when the game started, she stole the ball from the other team. She dribbled towards the hoop. She heard her teammates shouting over and over, “Go Tamar!” She was very happy. All of a sudden without her noticing, the other team By: Teera Ades By: Joe Ades got the ball. Oh, no. So, she went and got Hillel Yeshiva Hillel Yeshiva it back. She made the winning shot. Yay! One day, Adina was in gymnastics class. She was with all of her friends. She was always There was once a person who loved to run in races. His dream was always to be Her team won all because of her last shot that broke the tied score. behind on what they were learning. in the Olympics and to come in 1st place. By: Melanie Ades Her goal was to do a cart wheel on the He never ran a race but he told all of his Hillel Yeshiva balance beam. While she was trying to do a cart wheel on the balance beam, she fell. All of her friends laughed at her and told her she wasn’t good enough for their gymnastics class. She went home and told her mom, “Everybody laughed at me and said I shouldn’t be in their gymnastics class.” Her mom said, “Keep on trying.” Adina told herself, “I will do a cartwheel on the balance beam.” She practiced and practiced at her house until she knew how to do it best. The next week, she went to gymnastics. She showed all of her friends how she cart wheels on the balance beam. friends that he is going to win and that he is the best runner. The next day, there was a race. He was ready and confident that he was going to win. He raced with all of the kids and he came in last place. He was heartbroken and very embarrassed because he told everyone that he would win but he didn’t. The next race he didn’t show off and he got new running shoes. He practiced for 3 weeks until the next race. Before the race, he saw the best racer in the world lose. He got motivated from that because he thought to himself, “If that person can lose, then, obviously, All her life, Melanie wanted to be on the gymnastics team. That was her main life’s goal. She went to Aerial’s gymnastics every Friday to practice. She asked her coach if she can be on the team one day. Her coach replied, “You can be on the team if you practice more.” Every day, Melanie practiced a little bit more. The next week, she went to gymnastics. She told her coach that she’s been practicing more. “Now let’s see if you can do a back flip off the balance beam,” said coach. She did. Melanie was very excited. She got on the team. The team was having a rivalry against ACC gymnastics. She was nervous. Her friends were impressed and took back I can too.” He raced in the next race and It was her turn to perform. Melanie failed. what they had said about her. he won! To read the rest of Melanie’s story, Log on to TorahContest.com NEW MOBILE SITE: TorahContest.com Search: Melanie Ades 50 <strong>Bar</strong>/Bat <strong>Mitzvah</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 718-909-6060 View magazine online at BMmagazine.com
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