The loser and the winner

1.

```

The Loser

does not want to remember

if and when he has blamed others

for his own sad losses. ```

2.

```

The Winner

wants to know

when and where he has

deeply appreciated his well-wishers. ```

3.

```

The Loser

wants to hear only

his own opinion of himself.

```

4.

```

The Winner

wants to hear

others' opinions of him.

```

5.

```

The Loser

secretly admires the winner

and openly hates the winner.

```

6.

```

The Winner

openly encourages the loser

and secretly belittles the loser.

```

7.

```

The Loser

breathlessly desires admiration. ```

8.

```

The Winner

sleeplessly desires satisfaction. ```

9.

```

The Loser

is hesitation-mind. ```

10.

```

The Winner

is determination-soul. ```

11.

```

The Loser

professes his future perfection. ```

12.

```

The Winner

confesses his present limitation. ```

13.

```

The Loser

cries for the celestial Bliss

but is willing to be satisfied

with the terrestrial joys. ```

14.

```

The Winner

cries for the celestial Bliss

and nothing else will ever satisfy

his sleepless hunger. ```

15.

```

The Loser

thinks that victory

is something amazingly great.

```

16.

```

The Winner

knows that victory

is wanting in permanent satisfaction.

```

17.

```

The Loser

thinks that his fate is unchangeable. ```

18.

```

The Winner

knows that he is his own fate-maker. ```

19.

```

The Loser

thinks that he has to bravely face

world-injustice,

his enemy number one. ```

20.

```

The Winner

knows that he has to sleeplessly love

determination,

his friend number one. ```

21.

```

The Loser

thinks that he deserves

genuine appreciation from the winner.

```

22.

```

The Winner

also realises that

only if somebody else is the loser

can he become the winner. ```

23.

```

The Loser

has a deathless hunger

for appreciation-ocean

but shamelessly fails

to acknowledge its limitations.

```

24.

```

The Winner

is fond of world-appreciation,

but is painfully conscious

of its limitations. ```

25.

```

The Loser

is ready to kill himself. ```

26.

```

The Winner

is eager to better himself. ```

27.

```

The Loser

thinks that merit can be discarded. ```

28.

```

The Winner

knows that merit has to be rewarded. ```

29.

```

The Loser

knows what to say. ```

30.

```

The Winner

knows what to do

and also how to do.

```

31.

```

The Loser

tells the world that

shameless partiality

is the order of the day. ```

32.

```

The Winner

tells the world that

blameless impartiality

is the order of the day. ```

33.

```

The Loser

loves the ecstasy of success. ```

34.

```

The Winner

enjoys the confidence of success. ```

35.

```

The Loser

becomes a mad elephant

after the defeat.

```

36.

```

The Winner

remains a swift deer

after his victory.

```

37.

```

The Loser

thinks that he has lost

the most perfect world.

```

38.

```

The Winner

thinks that there can be

an infinitely better world.

```

39.

```

The Loser

wants to become great

by dint of his exasperation.

```

40.

```

The Winner

wants to become perfect

by virtue of his dedication.

```

41.

```

The Loser

thinks that the entire world

is ruthlessly against him.

```

42.

```

The Winner

surprisingly feels

that the entire world

is for him. ```

43.

```

Sound teaches

The Loser

the art of endless talking.

```

44.

```

Silence teaches

The Winner

The art of growing peace.

```

45.

```

The Loser,

at the end of his journey's close

unwillingly dies.

```

46.

```

The Winner,

at the end of his journey's close

smilingly embraces death.

```

47.

```

The Loser

is confusion-frustration. ```

48.

```

The Winner

is concentration-penetration. ```

49.

```

The Loser

feels that God is NOT

Compassion-Light.

```

50.

```

The Winner

knows that God IS

Justice-Light.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The loser and the winner, Agni Press, 1981
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/lw