The Sporting Quest 

When the time comes 
you have to be ready
to put it all on the line
and enter the risky 
arena of life and death. 

Not only is today the day, 
the time is right now, 
here, in this moment. 
Whatever happened before
and what's going to happen after, 
that doesn't matter, it's irrelevant.
Your success in this endeavor, 
this sporting quest, 
depends upon your ability 
to accept those terms, 
to fully inhabit the moment. 
It's contingent on 
your willingness to become 
the board, become the obstacle, 
to let go of who you 
may have been earlier
and embrace who you know 
you'll be once you 
complete the battle. 

Win or lose, you become 
your next, more evolved self
with a greater knowing
and access to deeper, more profound 
areas of the mind and spirit.