Admitting One’s Faults

A young player who had participated in a big football match for the first time, wrote to his father after his team had been defeated:

“Our opponents discovered a great gap in our defence line, and that was me.”

Such acceptance of one’s shortcomings is rare, for it requires great courage. Without it, we cannot make social progress. Since every defeat is attributable to a gap in the line of defence, the best remedy is to accept it, for in so doing, one is well on the way to solving the problem.