Sunday, January 30, 2011

Love your Enemies to Defeat Them

Do you know why it is important for a boxer to calm and avoid getting mad during a fight? That is because getting mad results to lost of focus and concentration in the fight. Let us consider a boxer's rating in terms of a scale of 1 to 100, where 100 being the highest. For example boxer A has a skill of 90 and boxer B has a skill of 85. Would you believe me that boxer B can knock boxer A, eventhough boxer A is much better. It can only happen if boxer A gets angry in the fight. I know this because everytime I play a video game, I suffer problems defeating a stage boss after being angered and irritated by the difficulty of the game. But after being reminded by the saying "Love your enemies", I feel calm and relax, and instantly beats the boss in no time.

Also it supports the saying "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer". Loving them is knowing them well enough (sometimes even knowing them more than they know themselves). In the point of view of boxing, see how Manny Pacquiao, demolishes his opponents. Keep in mind that Pacquiao always prays that nobody get hurts really bad in his fights. Thus he shows concern to the person technically his "enemy". This observation can be applied to all situations.

But still the best feeling and happiness can only be achieve if you have no enemies at all.