"Someone close to me likes to remind me every day that I could be whatever I want to be. Nothing is impossible and everything that is anything can be achieved.
Someone close to me has no faith in me. I’m the bottom of the food chain and I’ll never achieve something great in my lifetime.
Growing up, I have always seemed quiet, shy and withdrawn. To my “friends” I felt I was no more than a third wheel and that they just happened to be stuck with me. I was protected by my family, which I am always thankful for. Yet, there are times where I feel they protect me too much, suffocating, unable to explore the world that is and decide my own path to walk. I am no longer within the walls of the house I call home and have not been for more than a year now. I am no longer a teenager but a young adult; why am I still being controlled?
Throughout the years that have come and gone, my life that has past, there are many things that I have kept at heart. A passion for music passed down through my family. From the acoustic love song, to the hard driven metal; it is a passion that will never die. So too, like the passion that will never die, there has always been a part of me that I have battled to keep alive. No matter the weather, rain, hail, or shine, soccer has always had its place in my life."
I spent hours pondering on how to write what it was that my heart, my body, my mind and my soul were telling me. No recollection or reminiscing of the past could possibly help me describe the determination I am feeling now. So it is to those none believers that I proudly say, "SCREW YOU!" I will rise above the rest and prove to the world that if you believe, you CAN succeed!
What is it I am aiming for?
2011: To play for the Blue Devils (Belconnen United Soccer Club) in the premier league.
2012/13: Become recognise as a potential Australian soccer star and play for a team in the Australian A-League competition.
2014: Be a strong/determined member of the Socceroos for the 2014 World Cup campaign in Brazil.
I know that the journey ahead of me will require a lot of myself, but it, like another goal set in my life, I know is achievable! With the support of the love of my life and those close to me, I know I will achieve this!
