This movie, at first, is your typical sports movie. As it progresses, you will come to know that it is an uplifting story of hope against all odds, set on a high school football field. It teaches us different lessons that we may apply and use in our most difficult times.
Never give up. It is what we always hear from our friends and family when we have something that we want to accomplish, and we feel that we cannot do it anymore. It was portrayed excellently in the movie, and you will almost feel the achievement of the character. The coach put a blindfold on his player and ordered him to do the training that he did not finish at first. But when he was blindfolded, he even surpassed the given expectation. This is a simple trick we may use. If we are locked onto our goals and we feel we cannot reach them, I think not thinking of the goal but focusing on the process will be more effective.
Never back down. It is quite related to the saying, “An opportunity lost today is an opportunity lost forever.” We will never know when the windows of opportunity will open for us, so we must grab every single bit of it. If we are in a situation, then we should be full throttle in giving our best instead of backing down just because the thing we want to accomplish is almost impossible.
Never lose faith. This is the best lesson that the movie wants to convey to its viewers. Whatever we do, we are not alone, and we have God guiding us through it all. There are times when doubt creeps in, but the movie reminds us that we should not abandon our faith in Him.
Humans are fragile creatures. Problems push us to our limits, but God is there keeping us from falling. We may have big problems, but our God is bigger. We just have to give all our trust to Him because He is in control, always has been, and always will be.
