The Past is the Past

Past is the Past

Cody Selbert

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            Everyone needs to allow their decisions be put in the past after the decision is made. That once you make a choice you cannot go back and change it. This is something I truly believe because when I was a junior in high school I faced one of the most difficult decisions of my life, to continue to play hockey or quit and explore other opportunities. After my junior year going to Nationals with my hockey team I was unsure if hockey was going to continue to be my life style as I continued throughout life. After months of consideration, thought and discussion with close friends and family I was able to make a decision. I understood that by continuing to play the sport I loved I would continue to keep my life style I grew up with; having a part of home wherever I went because I could always have a connection to my family and where I began. Deciding to keep playing hockey is a choice I can now say I will never regret; I met some great people my senior year playing hockey and it led me to find UMBC. Living with the understanding that a choice that is made is the final decision and cannot be taken back, this allows a person to accept their own thoughts and move on. I guess growing up with this life motto I was able to make decisions and deal with the consequences of my own actions easier than most people I grew up with.

There is no need to live life in fear of regret, because then a fear of making decisions arises.

Representing More Than The Image of God

Raised in a religious family, going to church was just part of the weekly routine. St. Casimir[1] was our parish; interior and exterior immaculately designed, something so colorful and beautiful. This church wasn’t just part of my life, it was in every major experience of my life; both religiously and socially. This church brought people from all parts of the Polish, Roman Catholic community[2] together each and every Sunday. This is not only a place of belief and prayer, but a landmark for the community.

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[1] “St. Casimir’s RC Chruch,” last modified 2002, http://www.buffaloah.com/a/cable/160/tc.html

[2] “Kaisertown, Buffalo, NY,” last modified 2002, http://www.buffaloah.com/h/eastside/kaiser.html

Living This Life: Hockey Style

Gongshow Gear is a brand that displays my personality best. Gongshow is the present image of hockey at any level, and shows people that this sport is a lifestyle. Hockey players miss weekends with friends, and each year create a new twenty person family. Hockey players wake up at the crack of dawn to go to a freezing cold rink, put on ten pounds of armor and skate around on one of the roughest surfaces on earth; by choice non the less. Hockey is everything to anyone who truly has played, and cannot be compared to any feeling on earth.

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Dress for the Occasion

Going to private high school there was an enforced dress code; it consisted of a dress shirt, tie, slacks, dress shoes, belt, and black socks. Most guys at school would simply wear what they could to keep them out of trouble and through the day. However, I wasn’t like most guys at my school. I was told that I “look like a groomsman at the reception after a wedding”. I wore black pants, shoes and belt every day, and on multiple days during the week I would wear one of two, button down vests to add to the look.

 

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Resting Your Head

My name is Cody Selbert. I’m seventeen and a freshman. I’m from Buffalo, NY. However, home is anywhere I spend a period of time in my life. Since hockey has been my entire life growing up, and because of that I have traveled to more places than I can remember. Becoming comfortable and respecting my surroundings are ideas I was raised to follow, which shaped how I view the term home. Along with that view of home, I also believe in God and Jesus. But will never force my opinion onto anyone. So sleep well at UMBC, HOME.

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