Trending. In today’s fast-paced information society driven much by social media, trending is a good thing. It means something has caught on, caught the attention of thousands of people or more.
Personally, though, trending can be a trap. We can trend towards the positive, and lose focus on important things or people that matter. We can trend towards the negative, and lose focus on our own worth. Worst of all, we can trend to trend, losing balance in our lives.
Even, maybe especially, professional athletes. Because, you know, they are people too.
This article – titled “’Strong to go up again’ – Sporting Kansas City’s Gerso Fernandes” documented Gerso’s first season with Sporting KC and the challenges he faced in 2018.