Life's Contests

Life’s Contests I didn’t get picked first - so I waited. There is an Institute for Bad Art in Dedham. They didn’t get picked first. A coach in my youth (pre PC days) would shout at us: “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you a failure.”** I was neither - over ebullient cheerleader in winning nor tear shedding crybaby in losing. I am a competitor. Life is a contest. I pour my passion in to all that I do. I succeed – I fail I win – I lose I sometimes disagree with the calls. I don’t always get picked first. But on those occasions when it happens I amend Wayne Gretzky’s quote* to read: “You lose 100% of the contests you never enter”. John G. Lawless 12/24/2014 * “You miss 100% of the shots you never take” - Wayne Gretksy ** I think he stole this quote from then Packer’s coach Vince Lombardi