Perhaps....

Hands trembling and hearbeat as fast as a blink of an eye. Faith fading. Nervousness rushing. Doubts attacking. Fears piling up. Nothing more is worse than the feeling before every competition. Yes, I admit there was a feeling of competing. It was because of how affected I was because of the results of our CAF Play. "MABAWI KAMI!" That was my mantra. I filled my mind with the thought of making up for the lost we had in our CAF play in order to motivate myself to do my very best. I acted like it was the last hour of my life. But sadly, acting cannot qualify us to win. Our technical was horrible with the lapses and the awful noise at the backstage. And those mistakes dropped us.

Perhaps, fate has destined us to experience such defeat for us to see the values within. Anyway, learning from our mistakes is what matters most in life. If succes is manifested by awards, certificates, extravagant prizes, the greeting of congratulations, shaking of hands and being famous, that's only earthly. Something more precious, priceless and lasting is with God. And it's up to us to see it beyond its vagueness.