Excitement could be heard from stands filled to the very edges with parents and fans and friends dressed in the colours of their countries as the youth of the world crossed the finish line, or threw a hammer the farthest, or won a basket ball game or, head down, raced trimmed down bicycles around a track to cross a finish line. The youthful strength of nations seen in sweat shining brows and muscles changed from intense focus to the excited joy of winning the race of their lives.
The heartbroken, sometimes angry, disappointment of
those who could not join in that excited joy,
dampened my own excitement. Their intense focus was
as great as those who passed them, but competition
is like that. Once their bodies, hearts and minds
are rested many will regroup and become the fastest,
the best, the most talented at the craft of their
competition while others will return to some
other form of living and being enough.
“In every competition, there are no winners or loser, only learners.”
~ Brian Herbert, Dune: House Atreides (1999)
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