Daily Gratitude: Do you know people who live this way? They may not even start doing anything because they are afraid they won’t be good at it. Of course they won’t be good at it if they’ve never tried it before. And the majority of people won’t be good at “it” for quite awhile – until they’ve practiced enough. Maybe we should eliminate the concept of winning and losing. Then we would just do things because we liked them n it would eliminate comparison (a deadly sin). It might also eliminate or at least limit competition and that you might say would be bad. Why? Is competition what gets people to practice and improve? I don’t think so – at least not when you really want to improve. You don’t need to be pitted against another person to improve. Every year when I walk across Tennessee, I am not competing with another human being. I am competing with myself and trying to improve. I don’t need to know who’s way up front winning the race to be learning things. I always “lose” this race by typical competition standards. But….i always win the race by improvement and self discovery standards. Let’s start having more fun learning how to do new things without worrying about how well you do (winning). Be alive and enjoy life as you do whatever brings you pleasure.