What is winning?

What is winning,

How does anyone win in a world of loss,

To live and die authentically without selling out yourself

Your beliefs and your principals,

For money or glossy shiny things or fame,

Yes that could be winning

But do you get lost along the way, not seen or forgotten,

Swallowed up in the crowd of attention seeking wannabes.

Is winning making s difference,

What is a difference to you,

Global harmony, peace, love, environmental change,

Yes that would be winning

But does your message get lost along the way,

Engulfed in the negativity and the onslaught of brutal opposition.

Is winning changing others perceptions to be more positive

To change from a life less toxic,

Yes that could be winning

But do you get lost along the way,

Buried beneath the weight of brutal people

Who stop you in everyway to bringing about any change,

Or is winning just getting through and surviving every day

Without actually going bloody insane.