🏅 There are medals for participation

Book of TREE 2.32

The capitalist world is obsessed with winning. Winning is narrowly defined as defeating everyone else. This is reinforced constantly by tough talking performance gurus who like to say there are no medals for participation in real life.

Bull. Shit.

In pretty much everything that matters, participation is winning.

When you enjoy a beautiful meal with your family, who wins?
When you show up for a friend in need, who wins?
When you sort out your eating habits and start exercising, who wins?
When you create something useful, who wins?
When you do your art, who wins?
The winners are the participants.

And who was defeated? A stupid question.

Why reduce life to cultural inventions of ‘winners’ and ‘losers’? Joining in with everything you have – that’s where the juice is.

Roland and Curt have exactly the old man energy that I aspire to.

May you see wonders this Wednesday
Jeff