Two people can have a middling day, but one rounds up and the other rounds down.
The object of most prayers is to wangle an advance on good intentions.
It's like this. Father Time keeps pitching the years at us. We swing and miss at a few. We hit a few out of the park. We try not to take any called strikes.
You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.
Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long.
Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.