Sunday Meditations: Take Care of Your own Race

By Zion Emmanuel Obeten

An athlete gets disqualified by the referee when he runs on another athlete’s track/lane and he gets disqualified by himself when heconstantly looks behind to see who is trying to catch up with him.

In the former, he becomes detrimental to the other athlete and in the latter; he becomes discouraged by the athlete trying to overtake him.

Such an athlete HARDLY wins by any of the two aforementioned acts. This is because he is not running his own race but someone else’s. These questions now come to the fore: If you run another man’s race, who gets to run yours? Even if someone gets to run yours, how certain are you that they will run it well as you would?

Only one person can do it as best as you and that is YOU. Only one person can RUN your race effectively and that is YOU. Only one person can replace you and that is YOU.

You may be running at a very slow PACE, and while running you may be mocked in your FACE. People may try to run you down to take your PLACE but never stop or quit to run your own RACE. That is the attitude of a winner.

A wise man said, “The best I can do is only what I can do…”

Let’s take our eyes off other people’s lane and take CARE of our own RACE.

Zion Emmanuel Obeten A banker by profession, a motivational and inspirational speaker and writer with a passion. He is by the help of God touching lives around the world with his gifts. He aspires to be a bestselling world class author and send hope to every part of the world through his write-ups and words.

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