“When there is a will there is a way.” I did not learn this lesson in my life from some profound book, nor from a religious experience, instead it was from one of the least expected place one can imagine, a video. It happened one evening as I was watching a movie with some friends, however the movie wasn’t as interesting as we thought,	so we decided to go on YouTube and watch some interesting videos. One video that caught our attention was a hockey trick done by a Michigan player who had obvious masterful stick handling skills. While watching this “Michigan” trick over and over again, we decided that “Michigan” is almost impossible to be done by any of us. This statement however prompted us to make bets with each other saying how we will be the first one to be able to learn this trick. 
I was introduced to hockey in my sophomore year in high school only because I was able to skate well. So naturally while I can skate around fine, my stick handling skills were lacking. Since my friends knew more about hockey because they started at an early age, I saw that I had no time to lose. For two weeks I watched the videos repeatedly and analyzed it, I considered learning this trick second only to my school work. Everything else I enjoyed doing when I had free time was thrown aside so I can practice; hanging with friends to watch movies were postponed, playing computer games after homework, and even reading novels were stopped. I did all this not because I wanted to win a bet, but because I wanted to actually learn this move. When I did actually master it, and showed it to my “experienced” friends they were dumbfounded because of all of us, I was never expected to learn it much less be the first one to do such a move. 
I learned, that day, that it didn’t matter if I was not as good as someone else, as long as I am willing to put down time and work hard, I can make myself go from lacking in skill to knowing a trick or two in something I love.