You train for an event, you eat specific foods, workout every day, take vitamins and supplements, you put everything you have into the event after years of training and you lose.
It's true not all of us go through this type of extensive training regime, but the concept remains the same. If you work hard at something and then go write a test about it and you fail why would bother trying again? Nobody is the best at everything, and we are all great at something.
Who put the label of winner and loser on tasks we do? The problem I have with the word winner is that is has no boundary, as does the word loser. Both words imply a general fact that is non specific. If you say "That guy is a winner." Then you would automatically think that he must be good at everything, and the opposite would be the same for the word loser, where that person would be bad at everything.
Labeling people this way also puts them in a position of ridicule or praise, it separates two equal human beings into categories, which our society can then judge. I think we need a better categorization method if we must label people.
Right now the world is separated with different continents and races, the United States has this view of themselves as winners, as does Korea, both parties viewing the other as losers. These are the winners of two powerful countries and might just start world war 3 because they have resorted to playground antics and name calling. These are supposed to be the people we look up to and admire, but they are the complete opposite. Being the winner of this conflict might make us all losers.
Instead of trying to win, try working together, use both countries resources to make something even better for the entire world. In that way we would all be equals. If one country loses this battle they may decide to push a button instead and we would all be losers. Nuclear fallout affects the entire planet not just where the explosion hits.
Somehow we need to generalize people and yet keep their individuality that makes us all unique. It would make better people and a better world in the long run.
My thought of the day.
Scott Goerz
