COMPETITION IS GOOD

(thoughtful) From: Gabijordan

• Our way of life is highly competitive.
  
• We are always racing with one another.
  
• We have to show results.
  
• If possible, we must try to break records.
  
• Today the only way my work is judged is by comparing it with the work of others.
  
• No matter how well I do, if the other person does better, then I become second rate.
  
• And so in that sense, everyone becomes a rival.
  
• My brother's success becomes a threat to me; and that is how jealousy is born.
  
• In India they have a story about two students called Akbar and Birbal.
  
• Akbar draws a line on the blackboard and asks Birbal to shorten it without erasing it.
  
• So Birbal goes to the board and draws a longer line under Akbar's and the job is done.
  
• You and I might be a long line when we stand all alone.
  
• But just let a longer line stand next to us, and suddenly from long we have become short.
  
• That may be the reason why we resent the success of others.
  
• Their success casts a shadow on mine.
  
• I resent them.
  
• But their competitive presence is good for me.
  
• It makes me keep an eye on my line.
  
• "Don't be afraid of competition or opposition.
  
• Remember, a kite rises against, not with wind."
  

Shared by Joe Gatuslao