Mistakes down The Road

As we continue down our paths through life, we all stumble and fall because of our own shortcomings and mistakes.  Unfortunate events in which we feel like the world itself is against us is uncommon and we have all experienced this very feeling deep down.  There have been many unfortunate events that I can recall, but I shall only describe one.  When I was young, I used to vent out my stress by throwing shoes at a large net on the field held up by large poles.  The net was designed to catch high flying balls, but it served as a net to catch shoes and bounce shoes.  My friends and I tried our best to get our shoes over the net, and I won.  The reward was losing my shoes on a neighboring house roof outside of the campus.  So, I went throughout the school day with only one shoe.  I actually took someone else's shoe to compensate.  When I look back on the experience, I shouldn't have participated in such an activity at all.  I probably would have just watched others or done something else.