We often look at all things in dualities.
If we haven’t won something, then we’ve lost it.
If we haven’t succeeded at something, then we’ve failed.
But are we sure of this?
Many things in spirituality are inverted. If we win something, what really wins and gets boosted? Only our egos!
And everyone knows what happens to a big ego.
Lord Rama was neither happy when he was told he will be the next King of Ayodhya, nor was he sad when he was asked to go to the forest in exile.
True victory is the victory of the self over one’s mind and senses, no matter the external circumstance. Everything else is defeat only!