given it 100 percent, there s nothing to regret, nor is there any
need to blame yourself. instead, you should give credit to yourself
for trying.
i don t like finding excuses for our failures, because we haven t
failed at all. take myself for example. last year, i enrolled for
the sports meet in my university and competed in the 3,000－meter
race. i did this not because i m gifted in or good at running, but
because i wanted to fulfill a childhood dream. i had been an
in-competent student of physical education or p.e., ever since i was
a primary school student. as a weak student of p.e., i never got a
chance to participate in a sports meet. i envied my classmates who
were good at sports. i used to dream of becoming one of them and
displaying my skills in a sports meet. after i entered university, i
spent much of my spare time on physical exercises, such as running,
the long jump. although i can run much faster than before, i m not
capable of winning a prize or a good place in a campus－wide run-ning
competition. in spite of that, i still entered for the event,
be-cause i wanted to challenge myself and fulfill my athletic dream.
i could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not going in
for this race. but i chose to accept the challenge and face the