Offside

The offside position is determined if a player is closer to the opponent's goal line than the ball, and the second to last player, which usually refers to if the player is in front of every opposing player except the goalkeeper. If that happens any player that scores at that point in time is ruled as offside, any player interfering with that play even though he does not touch the ball is also ruled offside and hence, the goal does not stand.

Thomas Monsoon once wrote, "In the private sanctuary of one's own conscience lies that spirit, that determination to cast off the old person and to measure up to the stature of true potential."

We are determined by incident and incident illustrates character. It is often that we think that it is all over only to find hope in something new and discontinue what we were doing but some of us fail to find strength in the original intentions of their activity. We all fall into offside positions, ruled as such all the time even though it may not be the case. We fret, we complain we get angry but that doesn change things, does it?

In football, generally speaking in the eyes of any player to be ruled offside when a goal is scored simply means whatever you do jus doesnt count. Some say its robbery because people make mistakes. Some people say its justification of life because it isn always fair. Some argue that it hurts because you give something to someone only to take it away. That was my persepctive a few hours ago. Now, i say this, i say that its a drive to score again and again and again until it counts. Efforts are not drained, they are accumulated until they satisfy the brim. it is not measured by how hard we try but how many times we try. ALl of us have been ruled offside far too many times but some just arent game anough to continue.

Because we choose to become a stranger to fate, we become a prisoner to sorrow. Offsides are ruled by people but goals that count can only be ruled by you.

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