I have almost always picked the underdogs and the problem with that is disappointment. Supremely confident, highly skilled, well prepared winners who will make it though always don't need much support anyway.
What leads us to root for underdogs? Is it our own deficiencies, inferiority complex and insecurities of that we project on to the weaker candidate and want them to win for our own sake? When the underdog wins, do we feel we have a chance to win as well? When they lose, do we think yes, it is just like the hard life for most out there and live with it? Or is it truly empathy for those who try?
I would like to believe, being human is to support those who may not be perfect, but who try hard. Who may not act like something rightfully belongs to them, not act like they are entitled to it. But their failures and shortcomings are visible, their effort and fight too. I need to prepared to be heartbroken because they will fail, but need to find happiness in how far they would have come in that process too. It will always be progress when someone tries, each try should take them farther to the goal.
What leads us to root for underdogs? Is it our own deficiencies, inferiority complex and insecurities of that we project on to the weaker candidate and want them to win for our own sake? When the underdog wins, do we feel we have a chance to win as well? When they lose, do we think yes, it is just like the hard life for most out there and live with it? Or is it truly empathy for those who try?
I would like to believe, being human is to support those who may not be perfect, but who try hard. Who may not act like something rightfully belongs to them, not act like they are entitled to it. But their failures and shortcomings are visible, their effort and fight too. I need to prepared to be heartbroken because they will fail, but need to find happiness in how far they would have come in that process too. It will always be progress when someone tries, each try should take them farther to the goal.
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