The elimination was startling, smacking me upside the head like a dodgeball. The crowd cheered and jeered but all I felt was dejection. My teammates were disappointed, and I was disappointed in myself.

But life went on, and getting eliminated from the Dodgeball tournament was not the end; it was simply another speedbump on the road of life.

Well, I’m certainly way more alive after a good elimination!

Don’t! Get! Eliminated!