When I was in 4th grade, I started playing chess. As a child, I was rather impatient. I absolutely could not stand how long and boring a chess game was. It could take hours? I can't talk? Needless to say, 4th grade me was not thrilled with being on chess team. But, my parents thought chess was a refined sport. They believed the game would teach me discipline and patience.
Clearly I didn't learn anything about those two skills. However, what my chess coach told me one day has stuck with me. "Think three moves ahead." In chess, this meant that I would have to keep track of both my opponents and my pieces; I'd always have to predict their next steps. While I wasn't great at applying the concept to chess- I blame my 5th grade attention span- I think the advice can be applied to life. Obviously we live in the present, but remembering that the future can change anytime is comforting. I've made a lot of mistakes, but there's so many moves to make. The world is a wide open possibility just waiting for me to take a chance.
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