Competition

Competition

When the archer shoots for no particular prize, he has all his skills;

when he shoots to win a brass buckle, he is already nervous;

when he shoots for a gold prize, he goes blind, sees two targets,

and is out of his mind. His skill has not changed, but the prize divides him.

He cares! He thinks more of winning than of shooting, and the need to win drains him of power."

Isn't that an image of what most people are?

When you're living for nothing, you've got all your skills,

you've got all your energy, you're relaxed,

you don't care, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose.

Tranxu (a.k.a. Zhuangzi)

(369 B.C. - 286 B.C.)

Zhuangzi (simplified Chinese: 庄子; traditional Chinese: 莊子; pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ) was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. His name is sometimes spelled Chuang Tsu, Chuang Tzu, Zhuang Tze, Chouang-Dsi, Chuang Tse, Chuangtze or – in English – Master Chuang.

And I suggest to award athletes-winners by paper medals