"...I lost again..."
Last evening, I went to the Toastmaster Humorous Speech Competition to watch all the humorous speakers trying to outwit each others.
Undoubtedly, there were some excellent speakers. Their delivery, humors, facial expressions and so on are as good as Jack Dee's if not better! The difference is Jack is a comedian, while those contestants are speakers.
Personally, I know this veteran speaker for a few years now. He is a very respected figure in the industry. Claiming the crown of Champion has always been his dream which it is the ultimate goal for all the contestants, I am sure. When the results were announced, I saw a glimpse of disappointment on his face as he was not placed. I knew he was saying to himself "Oh dear, I lost again!"
Watching his performance, you can tell tremendous effort has been put into it. Speaking to him, he could tell you exactly how many words he was going to deliver and he did. That is what I call precision! However, it just was not his evening!
Have you been through that? You tried your very best to do something - be it preparing for examination, attending job interview, working hard for your boss, making your relationship work etc... But the end results go against you? No matter how hard you tried; no matter how confident you were; no matter how much positive thinking you engraved in your mind and soul; no matter how determined you were; you just fell flat on your face. Can you see yourself now when you were once in the situation or numerous situations like that? Can you feel what you felt then? Was it hurtful? Disappointing? What was the voice inside you telling you then? Can you listen to it again now?
I had been through these countless of times. There was once that the situation was so so bad that I wanted to end my life - that was about 9 or 10 years ago. Thanks Lord, He stopped me from doing that. After that, do you think I am spared from all the adversity? Yeah Right!
During all these ups and downs, I learn one valuable lesson - we are all flesh. We bounce to go through down times, and it is OK to have a bad moment. It is OK to have a bad day or even a bad week.
Everybody has a down moment. The question is how strong you are to pick yourself up; How determined you are to fight against the odd to go after your dream. You may fall again ... before reaping your success.
Everybody is at least once a loser in their life time. I can guarantee you that. May I urge you though, be a loser who continues to fight; be a loser who takes heart of what you believe in; be a loser who will never ever give in; be a loser who is determined to rise to excellence!
Undoubtedly, there were some excellent speakers. Their delivery, humors, facial expressions and so on are as good as Jack Dee's if not better! The difference is Jack is a comedian, while those contestants are speakers.
Personally, I know this veteran speaker for a few years now. He is a very respected figure in the industry. Claiming the crown of Champion has always been his dream which it is the ultimate goal for all the contestants, I am sure. When the results were announced, I saw a glimpse of disappointment on his face as he was not placed. I knew he was saying to himself "Oh dear, I lost again!"
Watching his performance, you can tell tremendous effort has been put into it. Speaking to him, he could tell you exactly how many words he was going to deliver and he did. That is what I call precision! However, it just was not his evening!
Have you been through that? You tried your very best to do something - be it preparing for examination, attending job interview, working hard for your boss, making your relationship work etc... But the end results go against you? No matter how hard you tried; no matter how confident you were; no matter how much positive thinking you engraved in your mind and soul; no matter how determined you were; you just fell flat on your face. Can you see yourself now when you were once in the situation or numerous situations like that? Can you feel what you felt then? Was it hurtful? Disappointing? What was the voice inside you telling you then? Can you listen to it again now?
I had been through these countless of times. There was once that the situation was so so bad that I wanted to end my life - that was about 9 or 10 years ago. Thanks Lord, He stopped me from doing that. After that, do you think I am spared from all the adversity? Yeah Right!
During all these ups and downs, I learn one valuable lesson - we are all flesh. We bounce to go through down times, and it is OK to have a bad moment. It is OK to have a bad day or even a bad week.
Everybody has a down moment. The question is how strong you are to pick yourself up; How determined you are to fight against the odd to go after your dream. You may fall again ... before reaping your success.
Everybody is at least once a loser in their life time. I can guarantee you that. May I urge you though, be a loser who continues to fight; be a loser who takes heart of what you believe in; be a loser who will never ever give in; be a loser who is determined to rise to excellence!
posted by Colin Fu at 10:33 AM
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