Be..

I'm only a freshman in High School. And it doesn't really occur to you when you're my age that you're a role model to younger people until you see it happen. I play volleyball. I see 8th graders who show up to every game just to see what it's gonna take for them to make the team next year. You see them at Varsity games and you look at their faces in awe. They look up to us on the court but, it's what we do after the game. After the bad play that they REALLY pay attention to. How we react to a missed serve and shanked  ball and out of bounds hit is what they look at. They want to resemble us, they want to play like us. But, while they look up to us. We look up to the older girls. The juniors and seniors. We look at how they play, the techniques they use, the motivational words they give each other. Everything they do, we want to copy it and duplicate it. Our mission is to play like them because one day we hope to be in their shoes, on the services line, hearing our names called stepping out and waving at the people who look up to us. You don't realize it till you see it. Off the court, in the halls, on the streets, they see us and they watch your every move. The people you hang out with, the language you use. As you grow older, the closer they look; how fast you drive, the music that plays in your car, the people in your car, if you text and drive. Be the person you want someone else to be. Be the role model. Be mature and responsible. Let younger kids know that it's TOTALLY okay not doing drugs and partying and smoking. Be the change you want to see..