What is it about
winning that is so very… enticing? I mean, war is, at least in
part, seeking to win… to the extreme. Winning an argument.
Winning a prize. Winning is exciting, right?
Are we pre-wired to
seek to win? I think we are, honestly. The thing that is
misunderstood in this plane… because we are in a fallen state… is
that one person doesn't need to lose for another to win.
Stephen Covey is the
main one I know in our modern day who coined the term #win win#.
Even though we are in this fallen world, we are not required to be of
the world in the way it thinks and does things. It is easy to fall
into thinking that there can only be one winner (like the
Highlander)… but God's way is so much better and, by far,
preferable.
There are some
instances when one winner is really necessary. Like in a race. Or
in a game. And similar. Yet even in those instances, we are able to
choose to celebrate together rather than the winner lauding it over
the other(s).
I think it takes
greater strength, courage, and character to help others feel like
winner even though they may not have officially won the game, or
prize, or race, or whatever.
What do you think?
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