head over heels

                                               head over heels

The dictionary definition for value is that the worth as measured in usefulness or importance. I define value by how something makes me feel.  There are two different types of value, they are priced and priceless. Priced values are things you can put a price tag on. Priceless values are things you personally can not put a price tag on. Other people may value one over the other but I value both equally.  

A priceless value can be a moment in time, memories, or something you personally can not put a price on. For me I value when I tumble. I love how it makes me feel free going forwards and backwards. I enjoy the feeling of the floor transfer from my feet to hands, and my body rotating through the air. I see the blue ground beneath me and look for it again when I land. I hear myself pounding off the floor and the air whip past my ears. And the satisfaction of sticking it.

One day I was having a really hard time going for a trick. My coach was helping me but I still wasn't going for it. Then he said “Once you're going to go for it do not hold back, no matter what. If you think someone's going to walk in front of you, run them over. If you think I'm not ready, go because I will be ready whenever you are ready. No matter what.” after he said that I went and tried the skill again. This time I didn't hold back.

    A priced value can be something you buy, something you want, it can be expensive or it can be inexpensive. For me I value my socks. They aren't very expensive but they are still valuable to me. I enjoy the feel of cotton under my feet. When I walk its the layer between my the cold air and my feet. When I open my the drawer I see a rainbow of colors. I see blue, stripes, dots, yellow, green, stars, zigzags,purple,tie dye,smiley faces. My favorite pair of socks are my blue fuzzy socks. I like the warmth on my toes. Socks my not be something other people may value, but to me that just makes them that much more valuable.
    The things I value are similar in some ways. You may ask, how can socks and tumbling be similar at all? But to me in some ways they are. They both mean alot to me and they make me happy. I can change both of them. I can change which sock I wear on which day in a different color,I can change if I want to do a forwards or backwards tumbling pass. But for either one of them the choice is all up to me.
    The items I value are also different in many ways.  with socks  I can mix and match  whichever socks I wish to wear, long ones , short ones, ones that say Monday if its Thursday, blue and yellow ones. Tumbling is different from socks because when I tumble I  get an adrenaline rush. Tumbling takes concentration. You don't need concentration to pick out socks,but you do need creativity.

    I think if my life didn't have socks and tumbling in it then it would be very dull. With no socks my feet would always be cold and not colorful. If I didn't have tumbling  then i would sit around all day. I would always be bored and grouchy. I love both socks and tumbling and I wouldn't trade them for the world.