Well I had my C league ( I like to call it newbie Hockey player league) Tryouts on Tuesday night. I did alright. Considering it was my SECOND TIME ever playing an organized game (I use that term loosely here). I could have done much worse. The guys were nice but I find myself competing against "guys" all the time. Is it very a fair competition? At work the male to female ratio is a joke. I KNOW I KNOW I am the one that choose a male dominated field to enter. So really there is no one to blame but myself.
I find myself reflecting on the statement my brother said to me in middle school. Since I never ended up on the "all girls" team I always played sports with boys. If I was slow or not as skilled that particular day he would say. "come on Carolyn...YOUR PLAYING LIKE A GIRL." It's echoed through me my entire life and came full circle on Tuesday night when Brad made the comment "you need to be more aggressive out there.... your playing like a girl. Remember, they are more afraid of you than you are of them." Wow...way do sum up my life in a nutshell.
If you think about what as been en grained in my head from a young age it always comes back to the one common theme. Try harder than those around you and be better than you think you can be. That has gotten me through many challenges in my life. Sometimes I just have to remember... they are more afraid of me than I am of them.
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