Moral experience

It is often said that it is important to give in to another person’s advice but actually becoming open to advice is less than difficult. I realized this through my personal experience of swimming meet.


I have taken swimming lesson when I was junior high school student. This club exercise was very hard but I was bearable because I wanted to become good at swimming. Before meeting, coach told me to refrain from self-training and exercise for taking a rest. But I was unconvinced because though meeting was near, I couldn’t reach my best time. So coach gave me advice many times, but was not able to take it obediently. I was very hasty.


The meeting day morning, I have been so exhausted lately it was hard for me to get up and feel groggy. It was hard to say the best state. I feel tired. 50m free-style, 100m free-style, I recognized physical strength go on gradually decreasing. The quarterfinals of the 100m free-style were the hardest. When I made a turn, I lost my balance and rhythm of breathe. I felt only 30m awfully for a long time. The meeting ended in failure. I lost about 2 seconds in my best timing. I was very shocked and disappointed. I regretted one’s immaturity that I should have heard the advice of my coach more obediently.


As a result, I realized anew that it is important to give in to another person’s advice. And I knew the importance of controlling one’s condition and the way a person feels.