Essay of "place"

When I was young I was there everyday, and that has not changed. The basketball court has always been a part of me. It’s where I go to find myself. when I’m sad, happy, in need to concentrate, need to feel free…that’s where I go. I look to it as my savior. It’s a place where no one can bother me.

As a child, like most little kids all you do in life is run around carefree of everything and anything. Playing sports, hanging out with your friends, and playing Nintendo games. When I was a kid I was at the basketball court everyday. It was like my home. I went there in the morning to shoot and at night had games there with my friends. Knowing someday I would grow up and play basketball for some big college…I continued to play.

Growing up wasn’t all that hard for me in the begin. I had boy problems and school problems…you know just like every kid. But unlike most, to solve my problems I went to the basketball court and shot all to take my mind off things. If I was having a bad shooting night I would just stop for awhile and sit there thinking about playing high school ball.

When I first came in to high school all I looked forward to was basketball. When it did finally come around…the season did not go as planed. We were ranked as a great team coming in but then we had a 10 game losing streak. Team was hurting pretty bad but we all stuck together. We are like a family…we stick together through anything. The Games went on and we hung in there for a 3^rd place finish at the end of the yea.

Over the summer I felt that I should have been to my "special place" so much more than I was. I was a little lost over the summer because I got caught up work and hanging out with my friends. After awhile I realized that if I didn’t get back into playing ball everyday then I wouldn’t be where I wanted to be at the start of our basketball season. So I started to go back to the court everyday. I shot, dribbled, passed and worked on all the little things. I would have a bad day and I would go to the court just like when I was younger.

School started…like at the beging of every school year, I get pretty stressed out about homework and how to manage my time. At night I would just push everything aside go out to the court and shoot…forget about everything I have to get done. I would just be the happiest person ever. Running out of the floor with everyone yelling your name, the crowd cheering, know that the madness is about to start greatest feeling on earth its like I’m on top of the world.

Basketball hasn’t started yet this year, but when it does ill be ready. I found my place on earth because of that court. Its started when I was a young kid, but I know it will never leave me.