A time for every thing

(I am re-posting my old post about my personal feelings whenever GM Wesley So loses a game.)

There's a time for every thing.

But it’s really hard to lose especially when you know that the whole country rests on your shoulder for inspiration.

It’s painful to lose when you know that you are a hero to a country which fanatically looks at you as a bringer of hope.

Wesley’ loss is not a simple loss. Wesley’s loss means death to a legion of followers who look up to him as a messiah of Philippine chess.

Wesley is no regular chess player. He is extraordinary – a very special one – for he embodies a country’s aspirations and dreams.

That’s why when he suffers a defeat, the whole legion of his followers die with him.

But as the time-tested adage goes, it’s not really about losing. It’s about what we learn from our loss.

It’s about how we recover from the defeat to be more victorious in the future.

Let me share with you a passage from the Holy Bible to bring comfort to our weeping hearts:

Ecclesiastes 3
American King James Version

1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.