As the Phillies continue their downward spiral, I have become way too familiar with losing in 2012. In January I lost my job of 10 years, in February I lost my health care and this summer my 12 U All-Star game has lost 6 games in a row. Losing is painful, frustrating and can take an emotional toll on people. So how can someone make sense of losing?
Well, the Calvinist would say you are not one of God’s chosen ones, thus you were predestined to fail. The sports psychologist would say you need to see yourself in the victory circle instead of allowing your mind to find ways to lose. You must believe you are a winner and overcome the obstacles in your way to success. Meanwhile, James, the brother of Jesus, said trials like losing lead to perseverance. In the end, losing builds character and develops maturity within those who learn from those mistakes.
Either way you see this, losing stinks. Losing is like the snowball which produces an avalanche. Losing is like a bacteria which if left unnoticed can eat away at you body. All you can do is try to learn from history, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, so that you do not repeat the same mistakes you made yesterday or duplicate what others have done throughout history. If there is one thing that losing does, it leads to a humbled heart.
by Jay Mankus
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