Okay, I'm sitting here watching "Storage Wars" on A&E. I just watched a guy blow his and his wife's whole auction budget on one locker. He got caught up in a bidding war.
How often do we do that in life? Bidding wars, power struggles, or out-n-out fights, it seems we are always "blowing" our relationship budgets trying to beat out the other guy. Sometimes these struggles are necessary; but most of the time, they are the unnecessary consequence of our desire to win.
How much happier would we all be if, instead of being determined to be right or to obtain dominance over a situation or person, we let someone "out bid" us? We just refuse to be drawn into the game, instead standing true to our own game plan? Maybe, just maybe, by "losing" every now and again, we will actually win such prizes as self-respect, love and confidence. And when you have those, you can't lose.
"It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it."
~ Dale Carnegie
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