A little something to start off the weekend …
The culture around me is competitive. Whether for-profit or non-profit, workouts or cookouts, country club or foreign country, I am often surrounded by highly competitive people. They don’t want to fall behind; many live in fear of being the laggard.
There is a different way. Columbanus wrote, “Obey your seniors, keep up with your juniors, equal your equals, emulate the perfect … Do not envy your betters, or grieve at those who surpass you, or censure those who fall behind …”
A devotional that I read added this insight:
“In other words, do not lag behind or become competitive. Show respect to everybody, especially those who have been on the road longer than you. Look especially to those who do not seem to have become embittered or suspicious or sarcastic. Take note of those who seem to carry around the presence of Jesus, learn the secret of their relationship with Him.”
It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about living and loving.