Winning and Losing

The world loves a winner.  Don’t we all?

I've got a question for you?  Just because you are winning, is that always a good thing?

Consider this:

Some crooks are better at being a crook than others.  Is that a good thing?

I suppose some porn stars are better than others.  Do they win some sort of prize?

See what I mean?  If I made you uncomfortable with that last one I do apologize, but I let it stand in stark contrast to what we are considering here.  Not all wins are “wins”.

Sometimes it’s better to have never played the game than to win at something evil, inhumane, disrespectful, or dishonest.

Let’s take this a bit further.

Just because a man gets up every Saturday morning at 6AM to play golf and he wins the day with a 6 under par, did he really win?  Did his family also win by his absence?

What if a minister has a huge multi-thousand member church, yet his son is the talk of the town and the one most wanted according to the post office walls?  What did he really win?

I’ll be honest; this is not a feel-good blog. But, you know what?  It has to be considered.  We have to face this one and reason it out. 

What is your response?

What are you winning … or losing?

Better question – what are you going to do about whatever it is with which you are grappling?

P Michael Biggs

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