The Warrior of The Light knows how to lose.

A repost of a previous post that seems very appropriate at the moment. Makes you realise what has been achieved in the past with great friends and paddlers. Will just have to keep sticking at it and maybe things might go the right way next time.

The Warrior of The Light knows how to lose.

He does not treat defeat as if it were a matter of indifference to him, saying things like

Oh, it doesn’t matter

or

To be honest, I didn’t really want it that much.

He accepts defeat as defeat and does not try to make a victory out of it.

Painful wounds, the indifference of friends, the loneliness of losing-all leave a bitter taste. But at these times, he says to himself:

I fought for something and did not succeed. I lost the first battle.

These words give him renewed strength. He knows that no one wins all the time and he knows how to distinguish his successes from his failures.

From the The Manual of the Warrior of Light by Paulo Coehlo.

Senior B Mixed 200m - Tampa 2011 (Fri 05 Aug 2011)

Little Wonders
Rob Thomas

Let it go
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels

Been doing a lot of "letting go" lately.

Keep Moving Forward (Little Wonders Video by Rob Thomas)