Is basketball really everything?

I used to always feel like basketball was sort of my ticket out of the neighborhood when I was younger but as I have gotten older I now understand how important it is to take education more seriously. I love basketball and no personal situation or failure within the game of basketball drew me to this conclusion. I was in Fort Kent, Maine in 2021 playing basketball and going to school there and was very isolated two thousand miles across the country in the cold and I thought being away from everyone and everybody would make me happier. My ticket out right? Really it was great for me personally. It was actually fantastic but something in my spirit did not sit right with me knowing how comfortable I was in an apartment on the east coast while some of my people in Stockton back home don't even have cars or money to eat. It is not a good feeling when you have everything you want and even the game you love is going great for you. That does not mean inside you are happy. You never know. I could be on a losing team right now but being within an arm's reach of the people that need me and being able to be there for them is greater than anything the game of basketball could bring me and I could be happier than I was on a winning team. I like being at PUC and the environment, the people, the nature, and the opportunity to get to know God more is what makes things worth it for me.