Your Kite

I recently watched a video by Kid President (link at the bottom) this video ended up being shown during the closing ceremony of The FA's National Football Futures Camp 2014. Out of a 4+ minute video, there were 2 sentences which stood out and completely relate to our journeys within the football futures programme...

'Some days your kite will fly high, some days it gets stuck in the tree, it's just how it is here.'

From my point of view, if you buy a kite you might as well use it. Just as having ideas and thoughts, you might as well try them. Some days ideas work, they just click and it feels amazing! You have to relish those moments of success, because that's what we live for - seeing things fall into place. Enjoying the ride, seeing how high you can fly your kite.. surely that's the aim? Having an idea, seeing it work and then pushing it to see how far you can take it?!

Sometimes you hit a few bumps, have a few obstacles in your way. You do get stuck in the tree. It's your decision to leave your kite in the tree, or find a way to make it fly - whether that's climbing the tree, pulling it out or throwing something at it. As with anything, the destination might stay the same, but there is always more than one way to get there. You might just need to look at it from a different perspective, ask for help get another point of view. Just because you see something your way, that doesn't mean it's the right way. 

Occasionally your kite won't fly at all. You take it out of the box, piece it together but there's something not quite right. It might just be the weather. Whatever the weather, sometimes you've got to make your own sunshine. Believe in your ideas, take that crazy jump across the border of your comfort zone. The way to make your kite fly might come down to perseverance, keep going! It will happen! 

Don't ever let the lack of flying come down to a lack of trying! If you've got an idea try it! You might need help to get off the ground, that's ok! Teamwork helps to make the dream work! Your kite will never fly if you never try. It's great to have loads of ideas, what's not great is keeping them and not putting them into use. 

Piecing all of this together I've got an adapted version of the Kid President quote:

Some days your kite will fly high, some days it gets stuck in the tree, some days it doesn't fly at all. Don't let the lack of flying come down to a lack of trying.

Another favourite quote of mine from Rudy Ruettiger holds the line of, 'The journey will be full of struggle..' Every journey holds challenges, which I think helps to make the success more enjoyable '.. I learnt the greater the struggle the greater the victory.'

Ever noticed that a kite flies better when you throw it into the wind? Throwing it in the right direction helps, of course. The more resistance the more the challenge to keep it under control! But that's all  part of the fun! Turning this ways, and that, running around a field letting your ideas carve the way.. how fantastic! Although it's nice to stand in the sun, all you'll get is a suntan. Go out in the wind, let your ideas free and enjoy the ride. 

Only reign yourself in when things might get out of hand. Control the controllables, turn in a different direction, fly higher maybe take the path less travelled. 

Let the only time you pull down your kite be home time, remember, there's always tomorrow!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-EwrhsMzY