I have acquaintances who speak and think with contempt about 'relationships'. For them the world is about winning and losing, making it or failing, dominating or being dominated. No, they really aren't friends. Their idea of friends, if they have such an idea, is that of someone they control or have power over.
I have come to think that being human includes winning or losing, because we humans seem dominated by these realities. But professional sports requires me to think wa-a-a-y past winning and losing.
What! you exclaim. That's all professional sport is about.
Wrong, in my opinion. That's all many sportscasters and the professional gamblers that run professional sports think about, but the men and women who make a living as sports figures and team members change teams, they go free-agent, they can work as hard for that team as they did for this team. In many cases they retain strong friendships with people they once played with and now play against. Finally, what gives life lasting meaning are the warm relationships we build, not whether we "win" or "lose".
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