All human beings have a measure of competition in them. When I’m 87, I think I’m still gonna enjoy whipping my great grand children in a game of Crazy 8. No mercy. But what happens when you lose? When you aim for something and miss.... that’s harder to deal with.
You don’t have to pretend that you don’t mind losing, but you do have to accept it when it happens. And it is alright to be unhappy about it, but the most important thing is who you choose to be thereafter. Failure, just like pain or disappointment, can either transform or deform you. I encourage you to be transformed into a better version of yourself when you face defeat. Train harder, get stronger, be better.
I was in a competition recently and after walking off stage empty handed, I had to dig deep to come to a place where I could honestly say, “Congratulations” to those who won. It was not easy, but I got there eventually. We need to realise that our worth is never defined by a single achievement or failure; it is a never changing truth that you were created with great emotion and intellect by God Himself. You are a deliberate design. You are worth more than all of heaven and what lies in you, is immeasurably more than you can think or imagine.
Aim for the moon every time and even if you miss, you will land on the stars.
You win some. You will lose some.
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ReplyDeleteencouraging post, coz at times we define ourselves by our successes and failures, and thats nt rite! so ya, we need to change our definitions of self worth. Lebz
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