#1399 - Happy ending
We all long for the happy ending in a story. Be it a fable or real life, we want stories where the heroes or heroines finally overcome all their struggles and emerge victorious.
That's why we celebrate failures, but only once we reach success.
Like the famous story of Edison and his thousands of failed attempts to create a working light bulb, we love that story because, in the end, he made it work.
Lately, a beautiful and inspiring interview by Giannis Antetokounmpo, one of the best basketball players in the NBA, has been circulating everywhere beyond the basketball world. Antetokounmpo states that there are no failures in sports; they are only steps to success.
But what if success isn't achieved? What if there isn't a happy ending to the story?
Would we talk in the same way about Edison? Would we celebrate the failures of athletes?
To be honest, I'm not sure where I am going with this reflection.
In the end, we need such stories. In particular, when we are going through tough times and feel we are collecting more failures than successes, we need to believe there will be a happy ending. It fuels our hope. The hope we need to keep moving forward.
Yet, sometimes it's good to know that out there, others are struggling too.
And enduring the struggle is already a success.