Well - the title says it all. Life isn't a competition. There are days like today when you see or hear somebody you know does very well and questions pop up. Am I good enough? Am I not working hard enough? How do I do better than him/her?
Well, after pondering for a better part of 12 hours - the answer I come up is you don't do anything (I know - I am not that smart!). All you can do is wish well to people who are better than you (or anybody else for that matter) and live your life the way you can. You should live your life to enrich yourself as a human being, son, husband, friend, professor or any other role for that matter.
I learnt this lesson very early and still I keep forgetting about it. In my +2 I had a good friend who was way smarter, way humbler and a genuinely nice guy. Obviously, he taught me how to lose even after you gave in everything. But, the experience taught me you cannot be better than everybody. Life isn't that kind of competition. If you want to involve yourself in a competition (i mean if you can't help it) - it has to be with yourself from the previous day. Do your best to be a little better than yourself the day before, the month before or the year before. As long as you dont forget that you should be fine. Remember - better in every walk of life not just work. I hope i can remember this everyday and pursue my life with my positive emotions.
May be in a year or so when I need this lesson again, I will come back to this page and recognize that life is not a competition.
Well, after pondering for a better part of 12 hours - the answer I come up is you don't do anything (I know - I am not that smart!). All you can do is wish well to people who are better than you (or anybody else for that matter) and live your life the way you can. You should live your life to enrich yourself as a human being, son, husband, friend, professor or any other role for that matter.
I learnt this lesson very early and still I keep forgetting about it. In my +2 I had a good friend who was way smarter, way humbler and a genuinely nice guy. Obviously, he taught me how to lose even after you gave in everything. But, the experience taught me you cannot be better than everybody. Life isn't that kind of competition. If you want to involve yourself in a competition (i mean if you can't help it) - it has to be with yourself from the previous day. Do your best to be a little better than yourself the day before, the month before or the year before. As long as you dont forget that you should be fine. Remember - better in every walk of life not just work. I hope i can remember this everyday and pursue my life with my positive emotions.
May be in a year or so when I need this lesson again, I will come back to this page and recognize that life is not a competition.
