Winning

After 53+ years of occasional winning

and quite a bit of losing,

here is what I've learned:

those who quit when things aren't fair,

when things don't go their way,

or when they aren't winning,

will not only miss the experience

of playing for the sheer joy of the game,

they also risk quitting on life –

a tragedy of the greatest magnitude.

If winning is all there is and

all that matters, the world

and life itself are quite meaningless.

A lot of fools know how to win,

but it takes courage, wisdom, and strength

to live, and even thrive through loss.

Life's greatest lessons are learned,

not in success, but failure.

The cross, as Rome’s ultimate 

and torturous means of victory,

does not win. Love does!

© 2013 Todd Jenkins