It's the small things that make you.

 My whole life I have loved soccer, it was who I was, it was what I was good at. But freshman year when I didn't make the school team and all my friends did I was devastated. My whole world came crashing down, I felt like nothing I was useless, and I had zero confidence. It was my mom that helped me realize that you didn't have to be good at one big thing, but that everyone has tons of little talents, and when you realize that it is a lot easier to be happy.