Daily Meditation: Thursday, February 23, 2006

There is something in human beings that drives them to …

02/23/2006

There is something in human beings that drives them to surpass themselves, to excel. The proof: are mountaineers made to attempt the ascent of ever higher and more inaccessible peaks? Are swimmers and runners made to swim and run faster and faster? Are chess players forced to reflect for hours at a time before moving a pawn on the chessboard? No, it is they themselves who feel compelled to undertake these feats and solve these problems. And what joy they experience each time they succeed! This is why human beings have invented so many activities, games and competitions of every kind! It clearly demonstrates that in the depths of their being they feel the need to continually push beyond their own limits. But why doesn’t it occur to them to apply in their everyday lives the same qualities of endurance, skill and intelligence they demonstrate in games and competitions? When they have to make these efforts, why do they always complain?