The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat was ABCs Wide World of Sports common tagline for years. And I think I’ve seen them all, the blunders, the chokes, the crashes, the injuries, the physical and mental breakdowns, the come from behind, the last second shot, the final inning heroic grand slam, the last play Hail Mary touchdown pass. In these instances, whether failure or success are all part of winning. It’s not the championship, it’s the trying the gets you there. It may be individualistic or it could be a group or team effort. But we all need to know when is winning.
We can go through life constantly trying to find the pinnacles of success, or traveling to some foreign country and discourse thing with some Himalayan Sherpas, or we may even find solace in somebody else’s big plush couch to unload all those familiar setbacks that keep us under somebody else’s thumb.
The sports world is easy to see those champions, or even in the business world all those corporate gurus who have amassed billions but it’s the under card, underprivileged, the ignorant and unintelligent who tend to always get nothing in return for their efforts spent. We have the have’s and the have not’s. The balance of power is not equal by any degree. 10% of the world owns 90% while the remaining 10% scrimp and save to live another day.
One final thought, are we fighting a fight we don’t belong in, or are we doing something we shouldn’t do, or are we in a place we don’t fit, or have we just given up any inkling of hope that anything will ever take place? If any one of the four above fits right up your craw then there is work to be done.
