Untitled

Friday, June 17, 2005

Would you dare to compete with the best knowing that defeat is already a certainty? As much as we hate losing, nobody is perfect. Whichever way, there'll always be winners and losers. It's only a matter of who’s willing to take the hit. The problem though lies in the fact that we have a hard time admitting and accepting defeat. We always think that we're so much better. Blame it on swollen egos and pride. So what is it to be the best anyway? Sure it makes us feel good about ourselves but for how long? As they say, you're only as good as your last performance. As much as we want to, we can't be the best all the time. Whether we like it or not, somebody is surely going to be bigger and better the next time around. Don't get me wrong, there is no doubt in my mind that we should strive to be the best but if we came up short, it doesn't exactly make us less of a person. More than anything else, we should dare to fail and stop hiding under the false pretenses that perfection is the end all and be all. The thing is, mediocrity is very much part of life no matter how much denying and pretending we do.