It has been proven:

there IS an "I" in team.

This goes out too all you coaches that are tyrannical

nazi-like

and, well

incorrect.

Teamwork is not only good, it's great.

But the individual players matter too.

PS- You also say it's not all about winning, but you're actions speak otherwise. Adolescents want congruency: you are letting them down.

PPS- You have a great ability to have a positive impact. So....do it, all right?

I am not a performing monkey.

I only have so many talents, so many hours and so much energy.

You can pull at me from this direction

and you in that,

but I refuse to be torn apart.

I will remain intact.

I will do what I want and I will do what is needed.

You ask me for help, you ask to talk, you ask for a hug, you ask for a favor, you ask for my time

and..

I want to give it to you, I do.

So I do.

Then the next person asks as well.

So I do.

Eventually, I lose track of my goals because I'm making sure everyone else is comfortable.

And the crazy thing is:

I DO have the ability to say "no."

I feel selfish enough as it is.

But I do all this for others.

And I just want some "me time."

And others to care back. Care back and realize that sometimes I need to focus on me and let it not be selfishly.

.realizing.

If we flavor-colored our snowmen in the winter

we'd have so many standing snow cones!

Kids would come from miles around and attach their faces to the flavory goodness.

They would get stomach aches.

Heck, they'd get frost-bitten lips-

not to mention the flu from little Tommy down the street who was working on the snowman's booty beforehand.

But hey! Wouldn't that be great?

[replace the ho! ho! ho! with some OM NOM NOM.]

It's about time to

I just want to go home,

I just want to get away.

I want to have time to think [not worry] about the important things in life.

I don't want to always wake up early,

run around all day like a chicken with its head cut off,

then hit the pillow for a bit to recoup,

just to wake up again to the hustle and bustle.

I want to enjoy life: breathe it in and then out and SAVOR it.

I want out of the system.

I want out of the system!

.I need to make a list of priorities.

Ah, science.

Sometimes.....you just shouldn't.

Creativity.

can be so flattering.

I enjoy clever people.

Use what you got, yeah.

I looked all cute

but had nowhere to go.

This made me feel good,

that I dressed up for me.

It also made me feel as though I was missing something-

that I should've been somewhere else.

I pray on, ya'll.