It is really odd.
They chose to play the game. They knew the point of the game. They had an idea of how to play the game. They saw examples of the game. They had sufficient time to prepare for the game. They played the game. And lost.
When they lost the game they bewailed the decisions in the game – although the rules were upheld. They moaned about the opposition in the game – although the rules were upheld. They howled at the things that affected their own side – although the rules were upheld. They cried, they shouted, they screamed, they petitioned, they laboured, they persisted in making their voice heard in seeking to defy the outcome. So much energy invested in the enterprise.
What is really odd about it, is that they were not the first team to have lost. They were not the first team to be aggrieved at the outcome. Yet their complaining and harping would essentially not enable progress.
Another team that had similarly lost, did not just learn why they lost, they learnt key lessons in how the game can be played according to the rule that they had not previously capitalised on. It was no surprise that in the next game they were able to pick up the win because they played by the rules and learnt to win.
If only other teams had picked up that lesson.
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Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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