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Originally Posted by StellaBlue  How about this one...
"If I compete against others, I will feel more motivated, relieve myself of stress, and feel better about myself; therefore I will be better emotionally and mentally fit to serve others in the long run." ...or something along those lines! |
Well, that's what I already used to believe.
I believed competition was good, it would bring out the best in everyone. When I compete, I tend to compete for the victory, for the thrill of winning, of being able to engage my entire being to win. I don't do it to push someone down, to deny someone else something. I don't like competing against someone that it is easy to beat, I get bored with that. I prefer competition against someone who is very hard to beat - so hard that I have to fully engage all of myself to beat...
In games, which is where i've mostly had the experience of competition, once I beat someone, I'd frequently give them tips or explain how I did it so they'd learn it and hopefully give me more of a challenge next time
. I actually sometimes love getting beat at times - if I get beat in a very hard fought game with someone I've never played before. That means that this guy, or girl, is a real challenge and my next game is going to be even more enjoyable knowing how hard of a challenge this person is to beat...yet knowing since they had a hard time beating me, that I do have a good chance of being able to beat them and win.
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Or, if you really don't want to do that, then try to get to the bottom of why you are so competitive and try to turn it around to something more "lightworker friendly."
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Yeah, hmmmm. I was thinking after reading your post that maybe I mixed up being competitive in games (which is where I've mostly experienced this competitiveness and the thrill with it), vs being competitive in the real world with real-world consequences.
That the former might be ok from a polarity point of view of being a lightworker - because you're really seeking to have fun, and enjoy yourself with no real world consequences. Whereas, from a polarity point of view, competition against others on purpose in the real world can cause problems because as a ligthworker - you're there to help others, not to crush them in defeat. At least, that's not your intention. Hmmmm.