lessons in the fundamentals of life

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I played a game earlier this week at club. I wasn't really counting, so I didn't know if I was ahead or behind. I felt I had been ahead for most of the game, but I kept making lots of mistakes and that lead was slipping away. In the end, I won because my opponent was also making similar mistakes (as one might expect at our level), and at the last moment threw away the lead he had just gained when I was able to rescue my group that had just died moments before.

But the victory felt hollow, because after the game, my opponent only talked about his mistakes, and in particular his game losing mistake and how he should have won that game.

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But the victory felt hollow, because after the game, my opponent only talked about his mistakes, and in particular his game losing mistake and how he should have won that game.

Reminds me of the proverb: The difference between winning and loosing is the feeling you go home with.

- Michael