I went past an athletic field a few days ago. There was a team on the field at soccer practice. The coach had the players in a scrimmage and was teaching them to move the ball up the field against opposition. When opposing players approached the kid with the ball the coach would yell, “Dribble Through!” Sometimes it worked but when it didn’t they would try again. Dribble Through.
I watched for a while and got the feeling the coach wasn’t teaching them soccer so much as a Life Lesson. Studies too hard, a mid-term coming up in your worst subject, you feel the pressure building? Dribble Through. If it doesn’t work you can try again. It’s a lesson that can carry through for most of life’s problems.
While doing laundry Pat asked how I managed to get coffee stains down the front of a shirt. It was one I’d worn to the dentist. Coming home I wanted a cup of coffee. It’s hard wrapping novacaine-numbed lips around a coffee mug but I managed to drink some. For the rest of it, I just dribbled through.
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