Many people have things in their lives that they cherish and can’t see themselves living without, like in the essay “Music,” by Louis Gonzalez. He had an obsession for music and an intimate kind of relationship formed with the every sounds of music. “(Music’s) weight was a lover’s hand upon my shoulder, and its hourglass body was a pleasure to hold. It whispered sweet kisses in my ear.” (221) For me this obsession is the sport of basketball simply because brings me enjoyment, healthy physical exercise, and the appreciation for every aspect of the game. Basketball has been this for me for many years going back to elementary school and my great fondness for this sport hasn’t decreased any, but has grown even more over the years.
Enjoying the things that you do is a factor for happiness, and I strive to be happy and
The appreciation of this sport has brought me to watch a basketball game on television and study every bit of it, the 360 degree dunks by Kobe, the crossover by Iverson, the jump shot by McGrady, and the crowd response for each of these aspects of the game. It brings me inside the game and helps me picture myself doing those things and that helped me duplicate those moves the best I could in every basketball game I had in high school.
bring a happy environment around me everywhere I go. It seems that the only way possible to me is by way of the sport of basketball. Every time I step on a basketball court it brings enjoyment to me because it is some sort of an adventure seeing what the outcome of a basketball game is going to be, wondering if I can push my body to new heights and overcome adversity, all this taking place in my he
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