I watched an interview with Coach John Wooden the other day, and somehow his wisdom stick with me. I suggest you watch it too because it's really profound and beautiful :)
He coined the meaning of success as:
peace of mind attained only through
self satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best
of which you're capable.
He also came up with The Pyramid of Success, so just go here to check it out.
Below is one of the beautiful poems he recited in the interview. I love it so much I want to share this with you:
The Road Ahead or the Road Behind
~George Moriarty~
Sometimes I think the Fates must
grin
as we denounce them and insist
the only reason we can't win,
is the Fates themselves that miss.
Yet there lives on the ancient claim:
we win or lose within ourselves.
The shining trophies on our shelves
can never win tomorrow's game.
You and I know deeper down,
there's always a chance to win the crown.
But when we fail to give our best,
we simply haven't met the test,
of giving all
and saving none
until the game is really won
of showing what is meant by grit
of playing through when others quit
of playing through, not letting up.
It's bearing down that wins the cup.
Of dreaming there's a goal ahead
of hoping when our dreams are dead
of praying when our hopes have fled.
Yet losing, not afraid to fall,
if bravely we have given all.
For who can ask more of a man
than giving all within his span.
Giving all, it seems to me,
is not so far from victory.
And so the Fates are seldom wrong,
no matter how they twist and wind.
It's you and I who make our fates --
we open up or close the gates
on the road ahead or the road behind.
Many blessings, peace and love,
-angel apprentice-
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