So I just played my first game of basketball in a long time last night. We had our bouts of ups and downs, bad calls by the ref, and all that stuff, but I was so surprised at how important winning was to all of my teammates. As a Wednesday church league, you’d figure the people to be more mature and really see beyond the winning and losing, because for me, winning isn’t everything. But they beg to differ. Winning is everything to them. I guess I get it though, they see life as a bunch of winners and losers, and they always want to be the winners. I guess they don’t buy into the “everyone’s a winner” saying either. But am I wrong for not thinking winning is everything? Because to me, it’s what you get out the situation that makes you a winner every time. Whether I win or lose, I learn something. Whether it’s something big or something little, there is always something I can take away from each situation I’m in. Plus, losing is part of life. You can’t rationally expect to win or succeed in everything you do. Failure is expected sometimes. Losing is expected. I don’t know, sometimes it feels wrong being around people like that, so closed-minded. But honestly, those kinds of people make me appreciate what I know even more.