Author's note: I wrote this because even when I feel like I am good at something, someone else is always better. I feel like you have to get better at that sometimes. I don't really know why sometimes people feel this way, so I wrote this. Please comment!
Everyone is always better than you.
Has something better.
Or beats you at something.
No matter how hard you try
Somone has something
Better
Or is better
Than you
Competition.
Can be good
But you feel
As if you have to
Live to the standerds
To somehow be better
No matter how hard
You fight to stay better
You will always be pushed down
By someone else
Better than you.
I have to agree with the sentiment, but I guess a more positive way I like to look at it is that there are always others who can teach me more about what I do. We never stop learning, and we shouldn't get carried away with ourselves when we experience a string of success. Being over-confident, and even prideful, is a tragic flaw in character, and maybe being able to see others doing better than we can is healthy for us.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean...I feel that way all the time. There are some people in particular that I get really mad at, even though it's not their fault, because their always better than me. I'll get a good score on a test and be really proud, then someone will come along and get a higher score. Then I'll do something really good and that same person does it better. I'm going to try to look at it Mr. Johnson's way now, though, and think of it as an opportunity to learn. I'm glad you wrote this, though, because it expressed some feelings that a lot of us experience.
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