Bruce Lee Quote: Meaning of Defeat
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“Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.”
Source: Bruce Lee 1940-1973, Martial Artist, Actor and Author
As I waited for my car to get its oil change, I went to a nearby restaurant to have breakfast where I perused the newspaper. The story I came across reminded me of this quote.
The story was one in a series of stories that profiled recipients of “The Courage to Come Back Awards” sponsored by the Coast Mental Health Foundation.
The profile looks at the life of a now, 18 year old man, who at the age of seven meet with tragedy. Playing in his back yard with a friend he tugged on a clothesline which released a large wooden post holding up the line which fell and hit this man in the back of the head.
The doctors told him and his mother that he would never be able to walk, talk or eat again.
But because he did not accept defeat as reality he can talk and eat and too a limited degree, using a walker he can walk. He is still mainly confined to a wheel chair. Yet he is a living miracle of the power of staying positive.
In the profile he is quoted as saying; “I look at myself now and think. wow, what an accomplishment. The doctors said I’d never be able to walk, talk, eat. I made it through the pain and the struggles to this day.”
The young man is an extreme example of the quote. Just think what you could do with a no quit, no defeat attitude.
This Tuesday, write in your journal about a time you felt defeated and how you reacted to that. How would you approach the situation now?
Have a defeatless Tuesday.
Nick
Today’s Links
Here is the link for more info about “Courage to Come Back Awards”
As a fitting example of our quote today here is a video “Never Give Up”
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