Goliath of our days. Short Essay
Who is Goliath in your days?
For me, right now, the pandemic. Three months ago, it's unemployment. Six months ago, master's degree admission. Next year? Maybe still pandemic, maybe the vaccine, maybe another pandemic (just kidding).
My point is, it may differ as we wake up every day. Days are more meaningful than weeks. Weeks more than months, months more than years.
I don't waste my time trying to name my Goliath. Treat all battles as David vs Goliath.
Where does power lie?
Honestly, I don't know. It is not that I don't believe in God, but if I seek something to believe in me, then it keeps changing. Constant change means there is nothing to believe in me. I prefer Inverse Method to answer this because I am reminded of what Robert Morris said:
Sometimes pride is the result of deep wounding.
I think it is more wise to acknowledge where power does not lie.
What if I lose against some Goliaths?
Of course we will. It will keep happening, and it certainly won't go away. Either you choose to be haunted or to master your response.
Nowadays, I try to restructure the question: how to to lose gracefully against the fiercest Goliath?
I will lose anyway, but I can learn to lose better than before.