In life unlike running there are no objective measures. In running like life one day's loss or victory is not objectively a loss or a victory because it is ephemeral, it says nothing about the next day. So in neither is winning or losing both objective and lasting. The winner is the indomitable contender who does not see losing as losing or winning as winning but as just another day. A day and a good day are the same thing because the bad day makes the next better but the good day is good in itself (but also bad because it makes the previous and the next worse). The winner may be the one with the most days or the most good days or the most bad days (because we have established those are the same thing). The only loser is the one with no days.* Time to run, time to race, time to publish, time to put the ribs on the barbecue, time even to watch good TV, join me, because it turns out in the end we all win.
*This is not logically necessary, but it seemed to work as a negative pregnant. Must consider it further.
"The winner is the indomitable contender who does not see losing as losing or winning as winning but as just another day."
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot and want to ponder it more deeply.