Finding Life In Failure's Cup

What lessons do we really learn in our success, When, after all, we won it, oh, so brightly No need to look for luck in victory’s excess That might deflate our egos even slightly… Although to triumph always seems our just deserts Should we discount completely other’s efforts, Chivalric rule that still humility asserts Though gleefully we toast our new won comforts? Defeated yes, dishonored no, stand challengers Whose prospects had us shaking, quite in terror While we probed our own depths like starving scavengers And prayed to God we’d find escape from error. How lucky sometimes losers are who just miss Gold Inspiring them to martial their resources And push themselves to reach a new threshold By pledging all to excellence’s sources. Brian Johnston August 29, 2015