“Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.”
- James Stephens
My first year in high school, I moved from club soccer to the high school team, along with several guys from my club team. We were all the same age, and the youngest team in our conference that year. We often were overmatched and outplayed by teams that were older and more experienced. It was a difficult but valuable learning experience. By the time we were all seniors, we found ourselves on the other end of that spectrum, one of the stronger and most cohesive teams playing.