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As we quest for the best. We record, track, measure, time and other wise take note of how well people do things. Looking for the best, the fastest, strongest, and every other -est out there that there ever was to be in the annals of man.

Achilles supposedly was the best warrior, or was it Hercules, or Gilgamesh, Beowulf, Lancelot, Attila, and hundreds of others.

Pick any activity and there are lists of who was best or is best or the top of the heap, king of the hill, etc.

However I truly believe the best person, male or female at any activity does it only for their own enjoyment. While they try teach others to do what ever their thing is in the world. However they don’t do this for the money but a for a purity of the form.

These people will be known to only a few, if any, they are not boastful in what they do.

I came to believe this when I was younger. I met a man who beat a known person who is known by the world to be the best at what he does or did. I won’t name the man but will say that he was and I think still is happy, without all the press. Simple in his life and found someone to share that with. He has a happy family. I haven’t seen this man angry a single time. I have seen him become frustrated and disillusioned with how others allow the world to cause disorder, havoc, and negativity all in the quest for the best.

I don’t think this man regrets not being known as the best. I can’t say I know this but I would guess that I do based on how this man lives his life. I wonder too if the other man who is know as the best thinks about this man and knows in his mind that he really didn’t compete against the best. Even the man I know may not have been the best.

Ultimately it doesn’t really matter who, it matters more that does it advance us all. If you does something that makes you happier, it doesn’t matter if you finish last or first. It matters how it effects the rest of what you do. If winning makes you mean and distant to others what did you win. If loosing makes you seek revenge you lost more than game.

Competition serves to move us toward advancements, yet we seem to spin in place or fail to see the value or the positive side of competition.


Other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.

Ciao,