Thoughts on success.
Here in the UK if you are successful you can very often be on a loser??????
Before going any further this question arose during a conversation with one of the most knowledgeable pigeon fanciers I know.
We were discussing how success can bring you trouble, “WHY” because there are many “Green Eyed Monsters” out there who are jealous of your success and they will go out of their way to knock you. You are not successful at anything without putting a lot of time and effort into what you have chosen to do.
Look at what has happened to some fanciers, birds stolen, lofts burnt down, not what we want in the sport.
A lot of the problems we have are caused by “Keyboard Warriors” you know, the people who sit on their PC with a lot to say, hiding away, mostly because they are not achievers themselves. Over the years we at Elimar have had our fair share of this but we just put up with it and carry on.
We here a lot in the news about what has or hasn’t been said about someone and it is more or less about someone who is successful. Someone has seen the £££ signs rolling along and either want a bit of it or they are jealous.
This does affect our sport because many don’t like to see winner’s which is a shame because the majority of pigeon fanciers are genuine people who just want to carry on racing their pigeons and enjoy their hobby.
What I say is, “Anyone can be successful if they work hard at it and don’t expect everything to go their way without putting the effort into whatever they choose to do. Success can be there for everyone; all you need to do is earn it”
The one thing I like about America is they want the Dream and work for it. They get on with it, they like success.
Racing pigeons is a great hobby that is seeing a decrease in numbers on a yearly basis, don’t spoil it for others, enjoy the sport, it is worth the time and effort you put in. Whether you win or lose as long as you enjoy doing what you are doing, what else do you need.
In reply
As a writer for the psychology section of The High IQ Society, Mensa, I agree with all your comments on Thoughts of Success. Jealousy, resentment and other negative emotions pollute the minds of the pigeon racing fancy and culture. Often, they are ego-defence mechanisms to lift depressed spirits and/or to denigrate and defame others who may have benefited by positive publicity and fame. The sport is in dire need of spiritual values, higher consciousness and an ethos of ethical/moral standards, codes of conduct and sporting values. The human being is the product of psychology and personality, which are at the core and heart of pigeon racing. The joy is in timing birds at great distance and strain building, not character assassination! Jim Emerton
