Last week Ben’s winter volleyball league ended for the season. The team he was on went to the championship round and took second. I watched the close games with shaking hands. About midway through, I leaned over to Marty when the score was tied - again - and showed him my nervousness.
His response? You don’t understand the game.
He needn’t explain. I haven’t lived with my husband for 20 years to not know what he meant. M.’s philosophy follows the old adage: It isn’t whether you win or lose but how you play the game.
Make no mistake. My husband likes to win. But what he likes better is playing, doing, working to the best of his ability.
Because he knows,
that when you’ve played your heart out,
it doesn’t matter if you haven’t won . . .
because you’ve already won.
Well said!
ReplyDelete~Jake