I love the fact that James is so much like me in a lot of ways but I also love the fact that he’s very different to me in other ways.
On Saturday we headed off for the first day of Auskick, the junior version of Aussie Rules Football. It was the first time for James and once we arrived at the oval and got out of the car James just started heading straight across to where all the rest of the kids were kicking footballs around. He wasn’t the slightest bit concerned that he didn’t know anyone. He was there for Auskick and he was just going to get involved.
I never had that kind of confidence when I was a 7 year old. I don’t really have that kind of confidence now. I like to check out the situation, find out what’s happening and then slowly get involved. I’m hopeless at meeting new people and even though I wish it wasn’t the case, I find it hard to change.
I’m so glad that both James and Emily have such confidence to just get in and get on with life.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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I’m the same, I can’t just jump in, I need to assess what’s going on first and I’m very rarely the one to start a conversation with someone I don’t know.
I think that to a degree confidence is something we start to lose as we get older and have more years under our belt of people telling us to watch out or that we aren’t up to scratch.
I never had the confidence as a child. I had too many older sisters and brother telling me what to do and how to do it. I only bore one son, though, so he learned to go it alone and make friends for himself. He’s grown now and I’m very proud of him.
I’m still the same way today. I like to just on the sideline & observe what’s going on, on the field. I’ve always been like that. I don’t know why. Someone has to really twist my arm to get me to join in.