The Void Adventure

Pride, that’s what will remind you. That’s what will bring you back to yourself again. Don’t forget just because you fell down. Don’t forget who you are dammit. You still want to win don’t you? Well you still have breath. You’re still alive and you can still move. What is stopping you then? What holds you back from getting up and moving forward. You know it, there’s nothing that can stop you. You faced your death before. You shook hands with it and walked past it. Since then you’ve been able to live. Shake hands with this defeat the same way. It beat you, laugh at it. Laugh at the loss. Laugh at the embarrassment and the shame. Laugh knowing that you’ll get it next time. You only need to win once. It only takes one win to defeat all the piles of losses you encountered leading up to that victory.

You’ve faced worse. You’ve stared into the abyss and didn’t flinch. You’ve faced your death before. You shook hands with it and walked past it. Since then, you’ve been able to live. Shake hands with this defeat the same way. It beat you, fine—laugh at it. Laugh at the loss. Laugh at the embarrassment and the shame. Laugh knowing that you’ll get it next time. You only need to win once. It only takes one win to defeat all the piles of losses you encountered leading up to that victory.

This defeat doesn’t define you. It never did. It never could. You define it. You decide what it means. Does it mean you’re not good enough, or does it mean you’re not done yet? This moment isn’t the finale; it’s just another act in the story. A story of perseverance. A story of rebuilding. A story of rising from the rubble again and again.

Take a good look at this moment. Hold it in your hands. Feel its weight. Feel the sting of it. Let it burn into your memory. Because one day, you’ll need this. One day, when you’re standing tall, you’ll look back on this moment and thank it. You’ll see how it shaped you, how it sharpened you, how it fueled the fire that got you there. It’s not a setback—it’s a setup for your next move.

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Caroline Gill

A writer, blogger, and traveler. Being creative and making things keep me happy is my life motto.

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