Bitterness
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it. (Joe Clark, late American educator)
A TV sports network used to talk about “the agony of defeat,” and that can often describe your feeling when you lose a game or fail a test. But how long do you carry that bitterness? Clark suggests that it can be short-lived if you don’t “swallow it.” Don’t dwell on it mentally; move on to the next event with hope and enthusiasm.
Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. (Hebrews 12:15)