I guess it is true, that “you can’t win them all.” Even if you try your hardest. But one thing is for certain, you can fight hard as hell trying to.
I had a conversation just now, with a complete stranger. Well, by complete, I mean we are in a community together and we haven’t spoken until now. I was contemplating having a convo with him, but I’m glad I did. Anyways, he recited something that I previously beat him at. We hadn’t spoke about it, and hell, I didn’t even know I beat him until now. He said “It’s all fair game in the competitive world. Weren’t you the one who did X? I was doing X but I hesitated. You beat me. I can’t even be mad it wasnt meant to be”.
Salutations to him. I could break that down into so many different avenues. The avenue I’m taking it down is that he mentioned how he will do his best, and even fail, just like you, just like me. BUT sometimes you succeed. Idealistically, the better and more experienced you get, the less you loose and the more grandiose you win.
But until then,
I guess everyone “eats”, sometimes.