Love is like a sport!

Love and sports!

They're two different things, right? But for me, they can blend together.

Most of the time, we have to fight for what we want. Just like in a game in whatever sport it may be, we'll do our best not to lose anything that is somewhat close to our hearts.

But there would be times that we would lose in a game, that's inevitable, I guess and yes, it will definitely break our hearts. But in losing, we motivate ourselves to strive harder and bounce back. We should never be disheartened by a single mistake neither a heart break.

Even Michael Jordan fell short and said, “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

To bounce back is to achieve the sweetest of all the victories. It is the fruit of passion, hard work, and sacrifices. And as time passes by, it will eventually heal our wounded hearts, inch by inch, until we can stand up on our own again.

And when we fall in love, there's no holding back. We take risks. We take chances and in taking chances, there is always a lesson to be learned and to be nourished. It may be hard to accept but it will surely help us become a better person.

Every decision that we do in life is a game changing one. But sometimes, we do not know the worth of a person until he is gone. Just like in a match, the players do not appreciate the game until they eventually mess up and lose their way. And nothing should be taken for granted because you just can't claim something you have never won likewise you can't lose someone you've never had. And we should also learn to appreciate those who are around and never let them slip off our lives. Everyone deserves to be valued for who they are and not for what they are.

Even in sports, you and I myself can't be the one whom others wanted us to be. We don't need to change ourselves for them. We don't need to be their puppets. We have our own will and what we need is their full support and understanding for what we are doing.

Sooner or later, we'll do everything that love takes to sustain our relationships. Same with the athletes, they train hard every day to improve themselves in the sport they chose. Simply, we wake up every morning to make things work out and to get better day by day. We should never settle for less, instead we should aspire for greatness.

But there is "that" difference between love and sports. There's no such thing as stalemate in love neither break even because at one point or another, there would be the time that love is not reciprocate which turns out to be one sided.

The one, who loved, is hurt, while the other, who received the love, isn't. You just can't be happy when he is with someone. Of course, you'll be hurt at first but then again, you'll learn to recover and to move on from that heartache. Someday, someone will come your way. He'll be worthy of your tears, of your smile and everything and you'll be worthy of him too.

Sports taught me to give my best shot just like it's my last before it's too late. We have to capture every moment, seize the day because we only live once.

At this moment, sports is my life. It is my better half. It is one of the things that keeps me going. It is my pleasure and my treasure. It is my strength and my weakness. It can make me smile but it can also make me cry. It can break my heart like anyone else can. And tears will fall even if I should not. No matter how hard I try not to cry but I just can't stop myself from doing so. 

I just can't simply live without sports.

Note: This was my piece for my Spoken Word Poetry which was my Finals exam for Oral Communication. I just put it into paragraphs but it was in stanzas before. Please don't judge. Thank a lot!