As a dedicated personnel of the Armed Forces, I can say that I had already

experienced the worst and the best things in my life. In my line of service, I
realized that experiences are not just the best teachers. Rather, I’ve learned
that experiences are branded as good or bad, depending on how you see it.
That is my motto in life.

Experience. Others may say that it’s just some event. A memory. A past. But
for me, it’s more than that. It’s far from that. As I grow, my understanding and
perception of every little things has changed. That understanding and
perception had helped me in dealing with my experiences. There were times
where in I let myself believe that a certain experience is a bad one. There
were also times that I do the other way around. But as years pass,I’ve learned
how to look on the bright side of everything.

The more I focused on the goodness of something, the more I achieve

contentment in my life. One example was when I lost from a sharp shooting
competition. I prepared for that but I know myself that it’s not enough. It’s just
that I believed so much in myself which made me think that I can do it. When I
lost, I was frustrated. I made myself believe that the champion only won
because of luck even if I know that he’s really better than me. It’s hard to
accept defeat for a person who has always won in his games. I treated that as
a bad experience. I treated it as a bad luck. Then came reality. I began
questioning myself. How should I treat an experience? Is it only good or bad?
Or can it be good or good only?

That made me realize that it’s just me who’s making it look and seem bad.
Will it be really bad if I thought of it as a good one? No. The moment I thought
of my defeat as a blessing in disguise, my life has changed. I started thinking
that I did not actually lose. I may not have the best title, at least I know that I
had the best realization. I did not get the best title because there’s still lacking
in me. There still a big improvement for me, and that’s the good part of it.
That’s the better side of the said-to-be bad side of the story. Because of that, I
had had the chance to improve more. I striven and yearned for more. I made
myself better through more practice and training. Since then, I learned how to
give always my best so that I get to achieve the best and good results.

Why let myself feel down due to bad experiences if I can only have the good
ones. Yes, for me it’s a choice. It’s not like a video game where in I can only
choose the good ones. But it’s a choice of perspective. It’s your own way of
thinking and acceptance. Why be sad for the bad? If I can be happy because
of the bad. Why treat it as bad, if it can be treated as good? Again I’m telling
everyone this, “Experiences are branded as good or bad, depending on how
you see it.” It’s your own perception. It’s your own decision. Why choose to be
sad if you can always be happy? Why choose to learn through the bad? If you
can know it as a bad one but learn on the good side of it. Everything has two
sides. The good and the bad. It’s your choice what to embrace. It’s your
decision what to accept.