THE TOP

Below is the sequel to my blog post The Colours of War. It is an excerption from another author. Enjoy the read.


You are the top when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present and optimistic about the future.

You are the top when you have made friends with your adversaries and have gained the love and respect of those who know you best;

When you are filled with faith, hope and love;

And live without anger, greed, guilt, envy or thought of revenge;

When you know that failure to stand for what is morally right is the prelude of being the

Victim of what is criminally wrong.

You are the top when you are matured enough to delay gratification and shift your focus from your rights to your responsibilities.

You are the top when you love the unlovable, give hope to the hopeless, friendship to the friendless and encouragement to the discouraged;

When you know that success, a win does not make you and failure, a loss does not break you.

You are at the top when you can look back in forgiveness, forward in hope, down in compassion and up with gratitude.

You are the top when you are secured in who and whose you are, so are in peace with God and in fellowship with man;

When you clearly understand that failure is an event not a person, that yesterday ended last night and today is your brand new day;

When you know that he who will be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.

You are the top when you are pleasant to the grouchy, courteous to the rude and generous to the needy;

Because you know that long term benefits of giving and forgiving far outweigh the short term benefits of receiving.

You are the top when you recognize, confess and develop your God–given physical, mental and spiritual abilities to the glory f God and for the benefits of mankind.

You are at the top when you stand in front of the Creator of the Universe and He says to you “well done, thou good and faithful servant”.