Today and every day that follows is about collecting wins. When we are winning, we experience  greater levels of confidence, decision making, happiness, and overall sense of purpose. In  comparison I do not believe I need to explain what losing feels like. If not directed and learned  from losing will follow you to the end of life until released. Learning to talk with yourself is the  most natural form of giving. We were born to be winners. Winning is not a sometime thing; it is an all the time thing. However, winning is an inner outward process of self-reflection and  courage.

“We have no business being in nobody’s business but our own.” 

Do not steer from the prize. Giving turns into receiving, which comes full circle in the cycle of winning. In this cycle is the completion of which certain phenomena return in the same order it  was given. All parties that partake in the giving benefit in helping all to move closer to being  their higher selves and alchemy is demonstrated. Winning is in our DNA, contrary to all beliefs.

Winning comes from within and is achieved when you first believe you are a winner. So, what if  you do not win? What will you do with the other side of winning, called losing? Life is  conspiring in our favor always no matter what path we have chosen. We have been taught that  losing is unacceptable, undesirable, and something to be avoided. Understanding winning helps  us understand losing as you will see they are one in the same. Winning and losing can both be  win-win situations because they are connected to one another.

Whatever paradigms you have about winning, forget them, at least for the duration of this article  and allow yourself to be open to an unfamiliar perspective on winning. Advice is not mine to  give, only influence at best. If I have your attention, let us look at winning this way. Winning is  not achieved in the physical world, but in the intangible world of thoughts, feelings, emotions,  and spirit.

“You are it, the answer to all your questions, the answer to the win-win” 

If we are not winning in life, it does not necessarily mean we are losing, only that another path  has been chosen to get to winning. This latter path called losing can be whatever you want it to  be. To win we must act on what makes us feel alive, and what makes us feel alive is being our  best self, our higher self, like the moth drawn to the flame. When we are losing in life, the only

thing we can think about is loss, therefore, giving us more of what we do not desire. Human  beings are great givers to others, but not to themselves. Why are you waiting to win? What are  you waiting for? How could winning change your life today?

Letroy Woods can be reached at Letroywoods@gmail.com.