March Madness Breaks My Heart

I can hardly watch it. These college basketball games just break my heart. Both teams want so badly to win the game and only one of them can. The other team, especially as we get down to the last matches, is so heart-broken when they lose I can hardly stand it. I see these crushed college boys crying and hugging each other and I feel so bad for them it makes me wince. I know they have so many hopes tied up in winning the game, and to see their hopes dashed to pieces is hard. What's really bad is when one poor boy misses a shot at the end that could have tied or won it. Oh I feel bad for that kid. He'll carry that with him for a long time. I know this really shouldn't be a big deal. It's just a game, and I am not even playing! I guess it makes me think of all the times in my life I've just barely missed something important or totally blown it. Failure isn't pretty, even when you've played your best. It hurts.