Staying down is so meh an attitude. Next stage is inevitably self pity and that term is just not in my dictionary.

As I wrote in an older post: “My situation may be unfortunate but I’m the richer one for it.”

I prefer losing a fight but knowing I gave it my all than have everything given to me on a plate. Heck, I even prefer to lose from time to time. There’s only little (none?) learning in always winning, plus it leads to narcissism.