The loser and the winner

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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.

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