To me, life is like a game of tug of war. You are constantly pulling or being pulled on until, eventually, you are still on dry land or you land in the mud.
However, who really is the victor?
You can say the one who remained on dry land, yet with the right attitude, you can say the one who earned a free mud bath.
Life can also be about turning a negative into a positive. This takes the mindset to do it. No one can gain from anything they feel is negative, if they continually feed the negative.
Understand?
Take time to evaluate each situation you feel is negative, in order to find the positive. It's there, if you really want to find it, but you have to remove those undermining, self-sacrificing, or guilt ridden blinders that keep you from seeing beyond the situation. Once found, then feed the positive.
You can be the victor on dry land or the victor with a free mud bath. It's your choice to claim your spoils.
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Title Meaning (Wikipedia): The phrase "to the victor belong the spoils" by New York Senator William L. Marcy referring to the victory of the Jackson Democrats in the election of 1828 with the term "spoils" meaning goods or benefits taken from the loser in a competition, election or military victory.
Picture credit from July 11, 2012 Tampa event on Tampa Bay Times.
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