If 500 people run the same race, can there be more than one winner? No, and yes. If winning means receiving a gold medal, the answer is no. But, if winning means participating in the race, living new experiences -- the answer is yes. If winning means learning what we never knew before, embracing, loving life -- then all 500 runners can be winners. Moreover, to be happy is greater than any gold medal.
Striving to win in material terms need not take away from our happiness. To win life's gold medal is to earn firm, tangible physical gains. On the other hand, to be happy is to win life's emotional/spiritual race. They need not clash.
Winning in material terms is about striving for future successes. Being happy is about loving life -- as it is -- in the present. They need not clash.
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