WINNERS VS LOSERS
In every competition,there are two categories of winners/losers:
WINNERS
1.The circumstantial (short term) winners: They score more points during the competition and take home the physical gift allotted for winning at the time. It could be that they worked very hard for it and/or that time and chance gave them the much needed advantage. It doesn't necessarily mean that they worked harder than the others. Of course, I am not discrediting/downplaying the role of hard work in our winnings. I am only pointing out that beyond hard work, there are other factors that come into the mix to determine the final outcome.
2.The Lifelong winners: they may or may not have won the trophy at the time, but beyond that, they discover something else worth fighting/living for and stick with it,such that after the competition they press on with more determination to do and be better in every possible way.
In other words, they allow the process of the short term competition to positively transform their approach to life beyond the temporary competition.
LOSERS
The world generally classifies those who are not able to take home the trophy(for one reason or the other) as losers, but that's not the truth. They go home without trophies not because they lost but because the trophies are always in short supply and almost always never enough to go round.
Everyone who shows up and participates in one way or another is a winner. The only loser is the one who neither shows up nor participates at all.
Lifelong Losers
These ones could be the short term winners who take home the trophy,but never get any better after the competition. They get so distracted celebrating the temporary win that they lose focus of the bigger picture and on the next best thing God is doing.
They could also be those ones who chronically avoid participating for fear of not winning. So,they would rather not participate at all than participate and not win any trophies.How short-sighted /narrow minded they are!!
Are you a winner or a loser?
Winning or losing is beyond the physical trophy. The inclusion of that trophy is just to spice up the game.
Choose your category wisely.
©Chinwe Udeka
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