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Valuable lessons from Sally Ride
I was saddened this week to learn of the death of my teen-years pal Sally Ride. Sally gained fame for being the first woman astronaut in space, but during the 1960s she and I belonged to a troupe of young tennis players who traveled each week to compete in tournaments in hopes of eventually playing on the professional tour.
Sally went on to become a collegiate tennis champion at Stanford before enjoying greater accomplishments in the science world. I remember her as a feisty and sometimes temperamental teenager, yet also a beneficiary of good parenting.
They taught her the importance of putting self-discipline above self-indulgence, of mastering one skill rather than dabbling in many, of striving for early maturity by taking on adult responsibilities at an early age, of intellectually challenging all her teachers, of setting her own goals, and of living life in way that would provide a good role model for others.
I believe those are valuable life lessons for anyone.
Larry Marion
El Macero
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