a lesson in losing
Say what you may, nobody likes losing. This thought came to me when I recalled a conversation I had with a friend, “Easy for you to say, you’re so talented, everyone likes you. You have this scarily carefree attitude towards things, tell me the last time you lost. Heck okay maybe you can, but tell me the last time such a small loss affected you when you’ve always won big.” In her defense, she wasn’t being mean. People don’t get it. See, I don’t know of this small loss or big win you talk about; to me they are all equal. Am I not affected? Wrong. People look at others and they tend to see the accolades tied to that person’s name, the pedigree, the advantages, the speed at which they attained their glory, the perceived success . And whilst these may all be well true, there are always more than meets the eye. Everyone knows of the tiring, behind-the story craze that often matches the winning streak that comes with it, the...