Life is a Competiton?

So I told you this blog would not be solely about politics but about life in general. So here it goes, my first non-political entry. But don’t worry the politics will return just as soon as I can find the time to do a little research. I once heard a saying that I am sure many of you are familiar with. The gist of saying goes “Life is a competition.” While I do agree that competition is healthy part of every day life, does it mean that everything is one large competition?

At work you are forced to compete in order to advance, so will gladly concede that point. However, for the majority of us work is not everything. Now I know most of you would immediately then jump to the realm of sports to disprove my argument, but surprisingly this is where my argument really beings. I like most of you enjoy being able to compete against my friends in athletic events, and enjoy it even more when I can beat my best friends and enjoy the victory. But when I started to work out with the Big Guy something donned on me. Life is a competition but its not against other people its really against yourself.

When we started to lift together I kinda wanted to prove to my brother that he is not mat much stronger than me. Unfortunately reality did not really meet my expectations. Because not only is the Big Guy stronger than, but he is much stronger than me and knows a lot more about lifting. The idea of self competition is reaffirmed everyday when I get on the treadmill . And it turns out I would quite literally die if I tried to keep up with cute girl who usually runs beside me. She is about 3 inches shorter than me, runs considerably faster than me, and for a much longer distance. So if life is really a competition shouldn’t I try to beat her everyday. I mean she is a girl after all.

What I have come to realize is that the competition is with yourself. Everyday I try to run a little faster or lift a little more than the day before. Without realizing it many other people do the exact same thing. This is because most logical people have come to realize that they do no have the same physical abilities as some other people are luck enough to have. So why then do we insist on making the rest of life a competitive event, only to feel bad about ourselves if we don’t win and therefor “fail”. I mean if we have limits to our physical abilities wouldn’t simple logic tell us we have limits in other areas of our lives.

This is not to say you should just give up because you will never be as strong as your friend, as smart your brother or sister, or as fast as the cute girl at the gym. No far from it. You should try to beat yourself everyday. Run faster, work harder, and love stronger. Just realize if you always try to compete against everyone else instead of trying to improve yourself in the end you will always come in last place.

Remember

No Revolution Takes Place Over Night

Keep up the Fight

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