WEEK 8 | Choose Kindness
Great teams need great teammates. A great teammate makes the team and the locker room better because they bring positive energy, and because they encourage, motivate, and build up their teammates (1 Thessalonians 5:11). A great teammate is also kind. A great teammate is tough and competitive, but they are kind and make their teammates feel like they belong, valued, and safe. Kindness is serving and blessing others so that you can contribute to their joy, peace, and happiness. Kindness is a lifestyle, a choice, and a daily practice. BEING A GREAT TEAMMATE should be a goal of every athlete playing team sports and the goal of every parent for their young athletes. One of the positive side effects of team sports is learning how to work with and compete with others. This is a skill that will stick with you for the rest of your life. Make it a goal to be the BEST teammate on the team. Make it a goal to bring positive energy to every practice and every game. Make it a g...