I
Winning is an attitude
It happens in the mind

If you win there
You haven’t lost
If lose there
You haven’t won

Losing and winning
Speak less of you
In the race of life
The attitude of winning
Speaks more
Of what you give
And what you take
To make self and the world
A richer place!

Be real
There will be an again
If not there will be other
Moments, many chances
Many marathons
Big and small
To be a winner
In this race of life

Win against self
Win the self
Win the world
With your effort.
Win self respect
With a clear mind
And a clean design
Be a Milkha Singh
With more glory
Than an Olympic gold
Don’t make just the trophy
Your goal.

II
Your aim must be greater
Than the race you run
It is the purpose you serve
And how
That makes a winner
It goes beyond
The time of the race
It stretches beyond you and more
The purpose can’t be you
That happens only with a goal, a trophy
Don’t despair the moment
Who stops you from serving a purpose?
Get up go
Serve the larger goal!

The race could be fair
There could be foul
There could be doubts
The race ends-
With a win or lose –
Is this the end? Or
Is it only an end? Do look beyond
To many beginnings
The purpose hasn’t ended
The purpose must be
Above and beyond the
Goal, the trophy, the race
Otherwise you ran a race
To win a trophy.
Is that all?
Is that you?

You lose the race- it’s still a beginning
You win the race- it’s still a beginning
It’s what you do
That matters.
The world is a mirror
So are you.
Finding self
With the mirror between the two
Is an endless task.
Reflect. Course correct. Introspect.
Better yourself from the good you are
For self and the world.
You belong to the world
They claim you
Go beyond the trophy you won or lost
Purpose begins there.
You can’t claim the world
Don’t lose sight
Of the new beginnings
These are in your hands
Your mind, your heart.
Get up go!
Serve the larger goal.

III
Joy never ends
When we serve the purpose.
Purpose never ends
It’s the building block to
A larger goal
A higher purpose
No matter how big or small
No matter how small or big
Whether you expand or shrink
Purpose doesn’t run a race:
It can expand to serve the human race
Now run this race!
When you run the human race
Those left behind is you
Those ahead is you
So what win
And what lose?

Purpose must be larger larger
Than the goal of a trophy.

IV
Even if it’s joy
In the process, the flow
The purpose gives you more,
Much more- now add to it
The gains from process and flow-
But these you could get from any race
You run- life is a race- seen and unseen.

When you put your passion, mind and soul
It what you do- you get the flow-
With purpose you get much more!
In the purpose is also process and flow
And much, much more!

The race never ends
Loss is a moment
But there is more in a purpose
Than just the process.
Purpose is endless
It begins with the end
Of the race.
But those who don’t
Run the race can also
Do a better job-
That’s the winning end!
The secret known to
Endless winners-
With joy in their mind
Endless.

Mahi Singh Gujral
14 Nov 2020
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