From all the scenarios I have faced in my life, I only got one thing. The life is only about winning. Be it winning hearts or scores or friends or grades or ratings; all things which are quantitative. But have we ever tried to think about anything like winning qualitatively. For ex- A doctor who is successful in saving the life of a patient at the cost of amputating his leg. Could it be considered as a win? Of course we will say that he could not save his leg and that person would have to limp for the rest of his life. He may not be able to work or do his daily chores properly. Ok point taken; now consider a situation where this guy was a clerk who spends most of his hours checking papers in his office and was the sole bread earner in his family of five. Now what will be your perception? Couldn't it be considered as a win from the doctor's point of view that he was able to save a man, whose life was crucial for his family? Even though he lost his leg, but he can still manage it. The same is the case with us. We never go deep beneath the superficial things and pay attention to minute details and consider a victory to be the final achievement.
One important case from the history was of Franklin D Roosevelt and his immediate successor Harry S Truman. In the year 1944, America entered the Second World War. W
ithin months with the help of Britain and Soviets, they were able to defeat the Nazis. All this happened because Franklin D Roosevelt had said "We have nothing to fear except for the fear itself". Within months of the Pearl Harbor attack, Americans rose to his call and contributed their heart and wealth out to his cause. A nation which was far way behind the Germans on the technological front was able to win back vast amount of territories like North Africa, France, Italy from its control. This is called a win situation. On the other hand, in 1945; America did bring an end to the World War when President Truman gave the green signal to drop the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Could it be considered as a victory? At the cost of millions of innocent lives?
ithin months with the help of Britain and Soviets, they were able to defeat the Nazis. All this happened because Franklin D Roosevelt had said "We have nothing to fear except for the fear itself". Within months of the Pearl Harbor attack, Americans rose to his call and contributed their heart and wealth out to his cause. A nation which was far way behind the Germans on the technological front was able to win back vast amount of territories like North Africa, France, Italy from its control. This is called a win situation. On the other hand, in 1945; America did bring an end to the World War when President Truman gave the green signal to drop the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Could it be considered as a victory? At the cost of millions of innocent lives?When we quantify victory; why do we often fail to qualify the same? Why the human mind is always trapped in numbers? We appreciate the toppers and the runner-ups. But why can’t we appreciate an average student getting wonderful marks? That’s also a victory; a victory over his average condition. When the human mind will start appreciating this thing I believe we won’t be dealing with wins and losses any more.
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