This is the DIGNIFYING TRUTH.

We are the
real winners. Winners who accepted
defeat despite skepticism. We may have
not received the honor and the label of
being the champion but in our hearts we
know we are. We were molded into great
warriors by the loving hands of failure
and by its hands again we will emerge as
greater warriors. Stronger and smarter.
We're blessed to have been defeated in
the most senseless way, because the
painful pinch makes our drive and
passion get more intense than ever. Our
greatness shone upon the innocent minds
of people and it made them believed that
indeed we are great. I cried when we
lost, but most of my tears fall because
of the overwhelming feeling of having
found the real glory of winning. Before
I thought that the essence of winning is
beating your toughest competition---
absurd and immature. But the real
essence of winning is humbling yourself
despite the greatness that you have,
accepting defeat despite people telling
you that you are the winner and most
importantly real winners don't brag they
are winners, their light as winners
shines so bright that it burns people's
eyes. And thats exactly what happened
during that day. It was a glorious
defeat, a defeat i will never forget and
a defeat i will forever be proud. We are
way more than the standards set that day
and this defeat won't define who we are
and what we can do.

Proudly, I say, our greatness shall
prevail.

MICHEAL GRIFON

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