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For the longest time, I believed in

winning. I believed that in any
competition, someone has to lose so that
one can win. I believed in winning since
my early exposures in competitions and
quiz bees way back in the 90s. Oh, God.
When we compete, the goal is always to
win.

And why not? The winners always take it

all—the trophy, the medals, the honor.
And if you go home losing, it’s
depressing, it’s painful, it’s just one of
those things we can’t really be proud of.
Of course, people would pacify your
sadness by telling you, it’s OK. You can
try again next time.

We believe them. So we would join the

competition again. This time, we believed
we are better and therefore would have a
greater chance of winning. Regardless of
the result, people would always have
something to say whether we win or lose.

All our lives, we are made to believe in

winning. That, should we want to really be
happy, we have to win. They didn’t really
require us to win big. Winning is
sometimes enough. Just win because
losing isn’t good. Losing means you are
weak, unprepared, disorganised. You are
less when you lose, they say.

So every now wants to win. Whatever

happens, the goal is to win. Yes,
sometimes whatever it takes.

Today, allow me to say what I discovered.

In life, there’s no winning. There’s only
learning. We can’t win in life. But we can
only learn.

When we were still in pre-school, we

were told to pass to enter the primary
school. We did. And then we were told to
go through another six years so we can
go to high school. We did. And then we
were told to study for another four years
or more so we can either get a job or start
our own business. For some, they were
asked to take a Master’s or Doctor’s
degree and they did.

In all those years, have we won? Oh, yes.

We certainly did. We won in different
levels. But we won. We got our diplomas
and marched during the graduation rites.
We made it.

But have you also noticed that this is a

never-ending game? That whatever you
do, how much you believe you are
winning, you are always on to another
game? That however good and worthy
you have become, you will end up
starting a brand new level again. That
every now and then, something new is
about to begin and that this life is a never-
ending game?

I saw it.

It may appear that we are winning but in

truth, we are not. We are just learning.
And even losers get the same chance to
learn. That explains why some losers now
become winners of tomorrow and some
winners now become losers in the future.

I’m writing this not because I don’t want

people to win and that I encourage
people to lose. I simply want to
emphasise that in this life, in this game,
don’t focus on winning. Focus on learning
because that’s all there is in this life.
Whatever we do, we will have to take
another game and that will happen until
our last day.

We can’t win in life. And we can’t finish

the game alive. But every day in every
game, big or small, we have the
opportunity to learn. You don’t have to win
to be happy. You just have to learn.
Maybe that’s enough reason to move on
—knowing that you’ve learned and you
can face another game with the lessons
in your heart.

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