The story is simple: One afternoon during the youth sports program we lost all control over guiding the children through exercises and suddenly one young, agile, incredibly quick young student decided to steal one of our footballs and run.  I consider myself to be athletic and can run fast enough, so I took off after the student in hopes of retrieving the ball.  To say the least, he left me in the dirt as he took off into the endless distance at a speed I would only travel at wearing a seat belt. To my surprise the chase lasted 15 minutes, and by the end I was with a group of 25 locals helping me to retrieve this lost football. Pointing me in the right direction, asking others if they witnessed anything and showing a sense of caring and community to a complete stranger that I have never felt before.  Far in the distance there is a bright yellow shape being held in the air, and a small group of people gathered together. As they approach me the student who stole the ball apologetically returns it to me as his elders watch intently. Instead of that student being excluded for his mistake, he came back and joined the activities with his colleagues. Unfortunately in my absence, two other footballs were stolen, but the glass is half full and always will be.

                                      -John Tsirimbis (4th Year Political Science)

                                                  Wilfrid Laurier University