What Does Softball Mean To Me Essay

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You can hit me or throw me, but you can not break me. I am a softball. I am like a softball because i am strong and powerful, meaningful to some, but sometimes let people throw me around. Softballs are both strong and powerful. They can be hit by very intense, powerful forces and come out without even the smallest dent. When I was brainstorming what object I would compare myself to, I asked my mom what my most admirable trait was. Her response was, “Your strength, because you never let what you’ve gone through in your life bring you down, you’ve only let it make you stronger.” I can call myself strong because I went through the loss of a person extremely important to me at a very young age and I never allowed it to define me or bring me down. …show more content…
I chose to be strong during the lowest points in my life, now I am strong in the highest points in my life as well. Along with being strong, softball, as an object and a sport, can be very meaningful to some people. To myself and many others softball is more than just an object or sport. As time goes on softball becomes a mindset and a way you live your life. I can compare myself to the meaningfulness of a softball because some people’s lives would be empty without me, but to others I mean virtually nothing. I’ve been playing softball for nearly seven years, but when I first began playing the sport was just a sport to me. Over time softball has gone from being only a game to me to being a way of life. Like the sport, people can learn a lot from me. In my opinion I am very wise and mature for my age. My friends and family often tell me they have learned a lot …show more content…
I’m assuming you all know that softball is a sport composed of hitting, throwing, and fielding. Throughout my life I’ve had a tendency to do whatever others ask of me in an attempt to “fit in”. As I’ve gotten older i realized that this was a terrible plan because i do not need the approval of others, when i had this realization i began to stop letting people throw me
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