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An idle thought I had a little while ago...

Once you've reached the pinnacle of success, where else is there to go?

It can be applied to anything, but I was thinking specifically about rabbit breeding and showing. I've been in the hobby a long time. Not as long as some, true, but much longer than many. My rabbit herds have fluctuated, changed, evolved. I look around now at some of the breeders I knew back when I was new and I wonder what has become of them. Some have gotten out of rabbits, some have changed their breeds, and a few have simply disappeared. A couple I know were top breeders on a national scale, but now their animals are only mediocre. So what happened to their drive to succeed? Did it begin to wan when they would win every show they would attend? What meaning do the awards have when you know you will win them every time? What meaning do GC legs have when your 'average' rabbit has 25 or more? Do you lose your edge when you've got nothing left to strive for?!

Perhaps the song is right:
"There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
always gonna be an uphill battle
and sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
it ain't about how fast I get there
it ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb."