False Hope

The time is coming to declare the final outcome.  It is left up to one ending task.  Everything started out well, too well.  Starting out, this seemed to be oh so great, but the run is long, and Ted started out sprinting.  As an unexperienced runner, Ted does not realize the fact that a marathon is not won in the first 4 miles, for there are several more miles to go.  Ted struggled with his ability to keep up the pace.  He slowly started to decrease his speed.  He just could not maintain the high level of activity, but he still was running in the front of the pack.  A distraction finds Ted when he least expects it.  He comes to a fork in the road.  Ted must pick his poison.  Ted goes right.  At first this seems to be an okay decision, but down the road, another fork is placed in his path.  Frozen is Ted at the thought of another strongly unexpected decision.  He does the thing that is least expected of him, which is only right after the lack of expecticity from his previous encounters.  He turns and travels backwards.  To some, this might seem dumb, just plain dumb, but to Ted this was the decision that had to be made.  He travels back, but when he returns, it is too late.  The other path is now closed off.  Ted is devastated.  But wait, he sees a slight opening.  He tries to force his way through the pathway that is now blocked by a thick brush.  Just as he is started to pry his way through the thick brush, he notices that the brush is now a forest.  Ted is heart-broken to say the least.  The worst part about it is that a sense of hope was installed into his mind.  This hope filled Ted with comfort, a type of comfort that he extremely needed.  His ambitions were raised by this false sense of hope.  This hope is false, unfortunately.  He fights his way back from the bush to the road.  The road is empty.  The weather seems to change from a beautiful atmosphere to a cold, heartless scene.  Ted knows he did the best he could; this gives him honor and dignity.  The race was not won by Ted.  And not to say that this was his first loss, but he entered this race with high hopes.  This was a very disappointing race for Ted.  He fought the good fight, and he now must move on to the next, for this unhappy finish will not knock him down for good.  Ted is a fighter, filled with confidence.  He must fuel this confidence by doing well in his next marathons.  These races are upcoming quickly, and Ted must prepare for greatness.  All is well.  For greatness is an achievement that few obtain.  Ted will keep working, and hopefully greatness will discover Ted, for he will be restlessly waiting.