Sometimes in the struggle to be better, we engage in multiple side conflicts to enhance our position and our opportunity to win. These skirmishes are absolutely necessary for us to learn what its like to lose and what it’s like to win. Either way, we learn what it takes to do it better so that we know how to win the ultimate battle/war.
Along the way we will lose a ton of battles. In each terrible battle we will be taught the lessons of being a victor. There is no other way “DANIELSON” (MR. MIAGI, ‘THE KARATE KID.’ Also, My father in law taught my wife that “the greatest lessons in life are the ones we learn from our greatest failures.” We have to keep this perspective.
In all these battles we have to always keep our eye on the goal we seek. This ultimate victory has to be earned. Nobody can do it for us and most of the time we get little to no mentorship or encouragement. The goal we seek belongs to only us. We never give up on the goal because without it we become less than our true selves.
Battles enroute to total victory and the attainment of our calling in life is met with hundreds of little battles. We have to remember that these battles, especially when we lose, will teach us much about how to do it better next. These lost battles prepare us to win on the bigger stage. No lost battle is wasted. Our responsibility is to learn to win from the defeats that seem to occur all too frequently.
In closing. Do Battle. Lose some. Learn how losing will help us to win! There is no substitute. This is our time! Learn and win!
Six Pack and Senior 