Life's not a competition

Hellooo Humansss!!!

How has everyone been (comment and let me know)!

I just want to share a little story with you today.

So, there was girl A and girl B.

(Yes, I couldn't think of any names, but just play along).

Girl A and girl B were on a walk in the woods, these two girls have been friends since childhood.

They were both smart, funny, beautiful and just equal in almost every aspect.

However, there was a small difference between them.

That was the environment they grew up in.

Girl A was always taught to compete and emerge victorious by her society, this idea was planted so deep into her mind that she subconsciously always tried to compete, in fact, their parents also agreed that competing and winning was the most important.

Girl B however grew up with parents who taught her how to look after herself and that competition was good, but not in every case, you do not need to compete where competition is not required. So even after the same society tried to influence her, she knew what was right for her.

Now, coming back to the two girls' walk in the woods:

Girl A subconsciously picked up the pace on their lovely walk and decided to race Girl B to the end of the path. At first Girl B thought it was a fun game, but then slowed down to embrace the spectacular view of a field of sunflowers...

Then Girl B started walking to catch up with her friend before she stopped at a view of the twinkling river and then the jaw-dropping view of a waterfall, however all this time Girl A had been running...

As girl A kept running, she suddenly slipped on mud and sprained her ankle and yelled for help, however no one was near by..

By the time girl A received help, it got dark, she did however luckily managed to make it out safely with her friend (girl B).

You must be thinking, why would I be telling you about some children's story, well, I guess it does give off that vibe, but a lot of stories tend to have morals, so does this one.

And the moral of this story, was that, if girl A had stopped running ahead she would have witnessed the amazing sights that girl B had seen. If she had stopped running ahead, she would have had her friend close to her if anything went wrong. And if she had stopped running ahead, maybe she would not even have gotten hurt.

So, the point is, a bit of healthy competition in life between your peers is good, because it helps you stay motivated, but if your whole life turns into a competition between your peers, you could end up losing yourself, missing out or getting hurt.

Taking things slowly or being accompanied by people along the way of your journey in life is normal because as human beings we have high emotional intelligence and like loving and spending time with other people; so remember, in this era, don't lose the important things in life, whilst living in the very competitive world of the 21st century...

- Ravitreni Signing Off