We have been through 9 Interblocks and this would be the year when we enter our 9th PANA Competition and 8th PANA Finals appearance and the question remains - WHAT IS WINNING?
Winning is a word that is relative. As absolute as "the winner is obviously the first place!" is not the absolute definition of winning as far as a teacher is concerned.
The various battles we have been through, I knew what winning is all about.
Winning is not necessarily being number one in the race. More not necessarily about who gets the gold and who does not. Winning is that absolute victory within. The battle that allows you to stretch your limits and become someone you did not imagine to become when the whole battle started. That is winning.
Life give you givens. These givens may come in the form of gifts such as athleticism, the gift of blab, and maybe the physical gifts of beauty and / or brains. These givens were pre determined so that your soul reaches the goal it needs to have that otherwise cannot be actualized if you are in the possession of some gifts or the absence of the essential talents.
These givens were presented so that your soul reaches a goal which is called Dharma.
The battles are vehicles for us to test these tools to make us what we designed ourselves to lead. That is why people often say that if challenges come in, we embrace them because these are essential in our journey.
And these battles are designed to make us better - which winning normally does not give all the time.
Winning happens when the battle made you a better person. Did the victory humble you or did it spoil you? I have seen a number of people who have won and yet it is the same victory that brought them down. Which also paves the way for the alternative point that losing remains to also be not absolute.
But if losing does not make you better and does not ignite a fire within, then you have truly lost.
I have been with 10 PANA batches and all have different fates. One championship, one 1st runner up, one 2nd runner up and 9 finals appearance. Did we win? Only the delegates can define in time if we really did.
Winning is a word that is relative. As absolute as "the winner is obviously the first place!" is not the absolute definition of winning as far as a teacher is concerned.
The various battles we have been through, I knew what winning is all about.
Winning is not necessarily being number one in the race. More not necessarily about who gets the gold and who does not. Winning is that absolute victory within. The battle that allows you to stretch your limits and become someone you did not imagine to become when the whole battle started. That is winning.
Life give you givens. These givens may come in the form of gifts such as athleticism, the gift of blab, and maybe the physical gifts of beauty and / or brains. These givens were pre determined so that your soul reaches the goal it needs to have that otherwise cannot be actualized if you are in the possession of some gifts or the absence of the essential talents.
These givens were presented so that your soul reaches a goal which is called Dharma.
The battles are vehicles for us to test these tools to make us what we designed ourselves to lead. That is why people often say that if challenges come in, we embrace them because these are essential in our journey.
And these battles are designed to make us better - which winning normally does not give all the time.
Winning happens when the battle made you a better person. Did the victory humble you or did it spoil you? I have seen a number of people who have won and yet it is the same victory that brought them down. Which also paves the way for the alternative point that losing remains to also be not absolute.
But if losing does not make you better and does not ignite a fire within, then you have truly lost.
I have been with 10 PANA batches and all have different fates. One championship, one 1st runner up, one 2nd runner up and 9 finals appearance. Did we win? Only the delegates can define in time if we really did.
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