We often assume as we get older, we get wiser; at least we are better and easier of letting-go the ego than the younger folks. This may not be true as I can see in my eyes with our senior tennis games today at the tennis club.
I was playing at Court #2; we had a great and enjoyable matched. On Court #1, two teams were playing a double-match. One teams were Rodney (Age 92) and Dick (Age 88). The other team were Ruth (age 86) and Marianne (Age 85).
30 minutes after the game, these two teams began to argue about a call (whether a good call or a bad call). The argument were so heated that one player, Rodney (Age 92) stomped out of the court leaving the other players not able to continue to play.
One of the players in my court commented, "Win or lose, does that matter in this tennis social? "
Having fun and enjoyable life ? Or having the 'pride and ego' and lose all the friendship, relationship, or enjoyment?
We might laugh at those old folks 'silly'. However, if we look closely to ourselves we might not much better off. How many couples went to divorce courts due to those 'silly moment'. Microwave not working, blame the spouse. Computer papers flying off the printer, blame the spouse. When the sump-pump not working, "if you don't help me now, I divorce you. The ego, the pride, and the blaming culture cultivated in our society contributes to many broken relationship and friendship in our society.
We must continuously remind ourselves about the purpose of life and don't lose sights in 'ego' or 'pride'. As we get older, we don't necessarily get better in this perspective.
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