Silver Misery

The so-called silver medalist syndrome. Feeling like the silver medalist who just missed out on the gold is sometimes seen as more obviously filled with gloom than the bronze medalist.

The cause of such disparity? Events have left the silver medalist with that miserable “so near yet so far” feeling by missing the gold by just a few points, inches or seconds. Meanwhile, the bronze medalist probably channels the “better than none” mantra and end up happier than expected.

Of course, I’m not saying that risks are always too great to take. All I’m saying is that you should probably be prepared for such heart break especially when you’re almost there but just couldn’t finish it off as you’ve hoped and expected.

As John Lloyd’s character from My Amnesia Girl would say it, “Ang pinakamasakit ay yung nasa’yo na, pinakawalan mo pa.” (What hurts the most is the one you’ve already had but you chose to let go.)

Thus, when you choose to leap, prepare to fall and get wounded in a bed of silver and nails. Until one day, nails will have blossomed into the roses you’ve woundedly been imagining for so long.