I was looking at all this grief over the Olympics coming to London. You know, this urge to competition with other nations is costing us very dearly and causing a great deal of grief.
Thinking about that, you could easily say the same about competition between individuals. Many people get caught up in an all out race to be better than the next person, without realising what they’re giving up.
As soon as you get caught up in competition, be it keeping up with the Joneses or of another kind, you hand over the reins of your future. If not fully, but partially. Where the others go, you must follow, if you lead your actions are still dictated by the necessecity of keeping your lead.
Why not instead ask, why are we competing? What for? Who is it that laid down the rules, marked out the boundaries and decides the winner? I feel that the best line of inquiry is along that sort of direction.
