“Strength Is Itself Victory”
Victory can be very broadly defined if and when it is not limited to a conventional definition of winning. Peace Activist, Daisak Ikeda, said:
“Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself Victory. In weakness and cowardice, there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.”
Do your beliefs allow you to define victory as strength when you are engaged in a struggle? How attached have you been to an old-paradigm definition of winning which has only recognized what might be called “the score on the scoreboard at the end of the game”? How do we best reconcile our desire to have both a “winning score” as well as victory in how we have “played the game”?
What i said this morning seemed to catch some attention, so let me repeat it here: “Defeat may not be an option, but sometimes victory isn’t a possibility.” The challenge and — I think — the opportunity lies in recognizing the nature of the situation in terms of both and each.