Engaged

"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing."
Phil Jackson

Everyone wants to win. Everyone wants to be the best. Our egos thrive on that. Winining lets us be proud of ourselves. It lets us think that we are worthy of admiration and perhaps even envy. We love to hear the roar of an approving crowd. For a short time, we actually feel like we are good enough. Unfortunately that good feeling never lasts long. Soon there is a new challenger and a new competition, which could be either in the same or a different part of your life.

The only way to really determine if you are good enough is when you have the experience of being fully engaged in whatever you are doing. Some people call it "flow". You lose all track of time and are unaware of anything else than what you are doing. For that period of time, your actions are the only thing in the world that matters to you. You love doing whatever you're doing enough to practically guarantee that you do a good job of it.

The way to experience true joy is to be this involved with what you are doing. What you are doing becomes an extension of you, and you of it. You love it more than anything else at that moment, and by extension, you love yourself greatly for doing it. Your activity is fun because it has become you and is your opportunity to effortlessly prove to everyone just who you are and what you can accomplish.

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