posted April 09, 2013 10:51 AM            

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When I despair,
I remember that all through history
the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they can seem invincible,
but in the end, they always fall.
~ Gandhi

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They always fall, yes, --
and someone is always there to take their place.

"Do good anyway." ~ Mother Teresa

Not because love and truth "win",
but because love is love and truth is truth,
and who wants to be on any other side, anyway?

I'd rather "lose".

Or, rethink "winning and losing" altogether.

If you don't play fair, you've lost; it's over.

To be on the side of goodness and truth is to win;
automatically; regardless of outcome;
not in the end, but in the now.

Jesus, for instance, was crucified and,
according to our customary way of thinking,
he should be deemed a loser.

posted April 09, 2013 12:05 PM            

Real winners do not compete. -Samuli Paronen

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.