How Can I Achieve The Complete and Happy Life I Deserve? Post 4 of the “MyLife TODAY! on Thursdays” series

So, does my version of “You are a winner” mean that winning the race doesn’t count?

No. Winning a race is fantastic and striving to win is important. But, it is this striving to win that is not fully recognised in the Win/Lose philosophy.

In any race, although only one person will win, there are others who will achieve their personal best; something they have never done before in their life. More than likely each of them will have strived to do the very best they could on the day. Because of that they are all achievers.

Yet so often, they are made to feel the very opposite. You only have to look at newspaper headlines when a major sporting star doesn’t quite “make it” to see this as true. Let’s face it, they achieved the best result they could on that day, under the circumstances they were forced to face – including the ones that lie within them.

And that is all that can be asked of anyone. Including you!

It doesn’t matter if you end up wearing the gold medal normally placed around the neck of the person who wins the event.

It’s the gold medal that you place around your own heart in recognition of your own efforts, after giving your very best on the day, and achieving the result you did, that counts.

In the movie “Cool Runnings” (1993; Walt Disney Pictures), actor John Candy portrays the coach of the first Jamaican bob-sled team to compete in the Winter Olympics. As the main event approaches he is asked by the captain of the team, “What’s it like to win the gold medal?”

John Candy replies, “You’ll know when you cross the finish line but remember, if you’re nothing without the gold medal, then you’ll be nothing with it.”

Being first isn’t that important. Striving to be first, being there, competing, refusing to give in - is. And, whatever the result you get from giving the best that you can on the day, it is a result. And because you have achieved a result, that makes you an achiever.

For it doesn’t matter what other people achieve in their lives or whether they end up winning the gold medal. What matters most is that you give it the best YOU can. It’s about the gold medals you award yourself for the things you’ve already achieved; the down-payments you have already made, the price you’ve already paid for the rewards and the gold medals you will receive in the future.

It’s all about playing the game. It’s knowing that you are an achiever and you have great things to offer. And like any achiever there are rewards waiting for you

Make Your Dreams A Reality

Colin

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