Char. of a Winner

Believing winning is about the prize might be an easy mistake to make. In reality the best part of winning is that feeling of accomplishment one gets when openly acknowledged for hard work. More important than metals or trophies is what winning represents, accomplishing a goal. This goal could be anything from willing a chess game to a Noble Peace Prize. Winning gives one recognition talent and effort and the harder one works for this goal more gratifying the high of winning is afterward. Unless we are talking about the lottery, in that case there is no hard, gratifying work involved, and it's all about the prize.

When I think about what I am most proud of winning The fifth grade pride awards come to mind. I won the district pride award for writing in Florida. The students with the top standardized testing scores were chosen to compete. The truth is I did not care much about the award itself. I was happy because I beat Sam my elementary school nemesis.