GO BACK TO THE PITCH (Part Two)

      I must be sincere with you here. To go back to the same pitch where you conceded those goals in the first half and still stand before those same fans who witnessed how you fumbled may not really be easy. It comes with a lot of challenges. Let's look at some of these challenges.

1. Shame: Facing the same people before whom you failed, those who witness your fall could really be very shameful. But you have to close your eyes and do it anyhow. No matter their opinion about you, they will change their mind seeing that you made it against all odds. In fact, it is more shameful not to attempt because of shame than to face the shame and succeed. Even if it is true you made the mistake, that does not make you a mistake. So don't remain with the mistake. Change it. Correct it. Never mind what people will say because they must surely have something to say, and they are entitled to their opinion. Their opinion could only stand if you cannot prove them wrong by becoming who they never thought you could be in life.
2. Pride: When you fall especially as somebody who people used to look up to, rising up again may require you to start afresh, at times, on a low key. And it will take absolute humility to accept your fate and face reality. It will require self-humility to start crawling all over again until your bones are strong enough to stand up and then start walking and running. People remain so helpless after some ugly experiences not because there is nobody to rescue them, but because they find it difficult to reach out to people who could help them. They may reason; how could they be asking for such help at this age in their lives.
3. The fear of failing again: Indeed there are some things you never expected that may happen and they could leave you in such a great shock that could be very difficult to recover from. The memories of the ugly incidence may keep ringing in your ears that you begin to feel attempting again is an invitation for another bad omen. You may become tied down with fear always doubting your chances of making it again. Although, it is human to feel this way but you have to dare to attempt even while that voice of fear and doubt keeps speaking in your head. The most courageous men in this world are not those without fear, but they are those who moved against their fears.
4. Impatience: You see, it can really be very difficult to attempt again when you look at the time it will take you to start building up again especially knowing fully well that age is no longer on your side. But you have to take your eyes off the clock and focus it on the road ahead. At times, it is better late than never. Also, note that you are old as you think. You are never too old to start all over again after missing it severally. It is more heroic for death to meet you in the process of trying to rise up than to meet you on the ground where you fell.

More so, it can even become more frustrating and discouraging having started, things are not working as you anticipated. But what do you do then? Fold up and quit? Not at all. You have to keep pressing until you breakthrough.

(To be continued...)

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