We're All Winners

Many years ago I was at company picnic with some friends up in Syracuse, N.Y. At this picnic there were all sorts of activities both competitive and not so competitive. One activity was playing softball. In between "at-bats", while we were testing some adult beverages, I noted that our team was falling behind the other in rather drastic fashion. Which prompted me to say to my friend, "Oh, it looks like they're going to be the winners!". To which he replied, "No, we're all winners".

That one simple statement has meant more to me athletically than anything I think I've ever heard before or since.

As a runner I've experienced both the highs and the "lows". I've placed first in my age division and I've also brought up the rear. But never once have I felt like "a loser".

Any one of us, if we have the gumption to get off our duffs and get out, rain or shine, and put in the mileage, we are "winners".

If we get out and walk or get off the sofa and use a treadmill for an hour a day (or even 5 minutes) we are "winners".

If this Website and column do anything at all I pray that it will give someone, even just one person, the initiative to DO SOMETHING!! And in so doing, they can save they're own lives.

Be a Winner