THE BIG GAME

This has been quite a week in sports: the men's and women's NCAA basketball championship games, opening day for baseball, and the start of the MASTER'S golf tournament. All week long terms like " the big game ", and " the biggest prize " have been used repeatedly.
It got me thinking about the concept of " the big game " and how we can relate to it in our everyday lives. For most of us, there is no clear " big game ", we don't have a crowd cheering us on, or an audience to our successes and failures. For most of us, our victories will be moments and opportunities that can build toward a life well realized. Perhaps then that is the real " big prize " for us, living a life in line with our values and passions, which will be different for all of us. In sports, there is usually only one winner, in fact in order for someone to win, someone has to lose. Not so in life, we can all live a well realized life.
So ask yourself are you overlooking the little victories in your life, and those around you, because your looking for the big victory or prize. A prize that is usually more transitory than living a life well realized. After all, there's a new sport's season beginning every year, in our lives we have one opportunity ( depending on your beliefs ) to win at our big game ... .