"...Deal with things before they appear.
Put things in order before disorder arises.
A tree as big as a man’s embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
A tower of nine storeys begins with a heap of earth.
The journey of a thousand li starts from where one stands.
He who takes an action fails.
He who grasps things loses them..."
(Tao Te Ching, 64)
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As what Lightning Mcqueen said in the movie "Cars": "There's a lot more in race than just winning". Of course, there could be a lot more to think about in a race than just the pursuit of winning the game. One could see such essence or, as I would use the term, beauty of the race in just running across the field, or in hearing the applause of the audiences sitting on the benches, or even in letting your opponents pass ahead of you; Indeed, there's a lot of things to be appreciated and be looked upon than just winning. I mean winning, is unpredictable; no one knows one will win before actually winning. Even though how hard one would try, there is no absolute assurance that really, that one will win. That is why, one is encouraged to focus on the actual; the present time itself, because no one really knows what will happen next.
Like in playing D.O.T.A. (Defense Of The Ancients); one of the most renowned up-to-date games that is advocated by millions and millions of computer gamers/enthusiasts all around the world. Indeed, it was a great game that entails a battle between the heroes (that are human-controlled) of two dominions; The Dire and The Radiant. Anyway, this game however will teach us, not only the art of multi-tasking, or teamwork, or sensual agility, or even the knowledge of fabricating the best build, but rather it will also tell us the importance of experiencing things in playing and having fun than just in mere pursuit of winning.
Well, based on my own experience as an 'aficionado' of such game, whenever I and my teammates play a game seriously, with the focal point aimed on winning the game, we will always lose. Lose, not only in the game itself, but also as human beings who failed to consider our responsibility to our fellow human beings. What am I saying is that, when we focus ourselves in winning the game, we don't see anything else; we don't sense out everything that is outside of winning. Even if you are the closest friend I have, if you will hinder our success, as a team, in winning the game, I will never ever forgive you, for what is important is winning the game; even if that means for you to sacrifice or feel bad, as long as we will win, for that is the 'thing', not you, -NOT US!
But no, it's not. It is never right to do so; to prefer "winning" over your friends; to choose to win than to have fun. Well, what winning then is for, if you don't have your friends anymore? Or what winning is for when you didn't enjoy such quality moment of your life that is never assured to happen again? The point is, to focus on the ends of things is really not the right thing to do, whether it is winning or losing, for it will never do anything good for an individual. And this, is explicitly shown in the tendency of the players in playing D.O.T.A. while aiming for the pot of winning to lose and feel discouraged.
But on the other scenario, also based on my own experience that once we prefer to have fun and play jokes instead, we will feel good with each other; we will enjoy each other's accompaniment and that would lead us to (most-likely) win the game. It's like when we aim to win, we will lose, but if we will not, we will (again, most-likely) win. And perhaps, that is what the Way of Tao is telling us: To hold what one can only hold (which is the present), to act what one can only act, and not to go beyond or to exceed (the volatile future).
As what Lightning Mcqueen said in the movie "Cars": "There's a lot more in race than just winning". Of course, there could be a lot more to think about in a race than just the pursuit of winning the game. One could see such essence or, as I would use the term, beauty of the race in just running across the field, or in hearing the applause of the audiences sitting on the benches, or even in letting your opponents pass ahead of you; Indeed, there's a lot of things to be appreciated and be looked upon than just winning. I mean winning, is unpredictable; no one knows one will win before actually winning. Even though how hard one would try, there is no absolute assurance that really, that one will win. That is why, one is encouraged to focus on the actual; the present time itself, because no one really knows what will happen next.
Like in playing D.O.T.A. (Defense Of The Ancients); one of the most renowned up-to-date games that is advocated by millions and millions of computer gamers/enthusiasts all around the world. Indeed, it was a great game that entails a battle between the heroes (that are human-controlled) of two dominions; The Dire and The Radiant. Anyway, this game however will teach us, not only the art of multi-tasking, or teamwork, or sensual agility, or even the knowledge of fabricating the best build, but rather it will also tell us the importance of experiencing things in playing and having fun than just in mere pursuit of winning.
Well, based on my own experience as an 'aficionado' of such game, whenever I and my teammates play a game seriously, with the focal point aimed on winning the game, we will always lose. Lose, not only in the game itself, but also as human beings who failed to consider our responsibility to our fellow human beings. What am I saying is that, when we focus ourselves in winning the game, we don't see anything else; we don't sense out everything that is outside of winning. Even if you are the closest friend I have, if you will hinder our success, as a team, in winning the game, I will never ever forgive you, for what is important is winning the game; even if that means for you to sacrifice or feel bad, as long as we will win, for that is the 'thing', not you, -NOT US!
But no, it's not. It is never right to do so; to prefer "winning" over your friends; to choose to win than to have fun. Well, what winning then is for, if you don't have your friends anymore? Or what winning is for when you didn't enjoy such quality moment of your life that is never assured to happen again? The point is, to focus on the ends of things is really not the right thing to do, whether it is winning or losing, for it will never do anything good for an individual. And this, is explicitly shown in the tendency of the players in playing D.O.T.A. while aiming for the pot of winning to lose and feel discouraged.
But on the other scenario, also based on my own experience that once we prefer to have fun and play jokes instead, we will feel good with each other; we will enjoy each other's accompaniment and that would lead us to (most-likely) win the game. It's like when we aim to win, we will lose, but if we will not, we will (again, most-likely) win. And perhaps, that is what the Way of Tao is telling us: To hold what one can only hold (which is the present), to act what one can only act, and not to go beyond or to exceed (the volatile future).
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