
This weekend, at the soccer games, some kids walked past me as I was watching Ivan (a.k.a. Ronaldinho) score goals. They were both young, maybe 6 years old. They were brothers apparently and they were having a conversation that made me feel very sad. One said to the other, "You're the worst brother in the world." The second responded, "No I'm not." The first, "Yes you are. You're the worst." The second said, "I'm telling mom you said that." The first, "Mom already knows. She thinks you are too because you don't do anything good."

Then I turned my attention back to the game and thought about how awesome the kids are that I've surrounded myself with. Collin, Ivan, and Miguel are truly extraordinary kids. Saturday night, after 4 soccer games, Miguel and I were running errands around town and we came across a bunch of Salvation Army people collecting money for needy families. Miguel had a couple of dollars in his pocket to buy snacks at the soccer games the next day, but when he found out why the Salvation Army guys were there, he immediately pulled the money out of his pocket and put it in their basket. There's no desire inside of him to keep things for himself.

At one of his games, he won a penalty kick and the game was close (2-1). It was a critical game and he could easily have scored that penalty goal. He was set up to kick and then, at the last minute, one of his teammates asked him if HE could take the kick. This kid was not one of the best on the team and did not score the goal with the penalty kick either. But Miguel immediately said, "Okay," and stepped aside. At the end of the game, Miguel went right up to the referees to thank them and to the players on the other team to tell them that they played well. And after Ivan lost his game, Miguel asked why he was sad. I told him that it was because his team lost. Miguel asked if Ivan was still going to win a medal. The answer: no. Miguel's response: "Well, then I don't want a medal either. If Ivan can't have one, I don't want one."

(Here's Miguel and his team dancing after they won the tournament!)

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This is cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1cpk7FEZPA&eurl=http://www.dagen.se/blogg/jaktlund
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