Ever wonder why roses come with thorns?
or Ever wonder why life can be so beautiful for some and yet so depressing and dreadful for others?
or Ever wonder why one's life can always be filled with people who support you, love you and motivate you while at the same time filled with people who like to insult you and make you feel like shit that you might as well just die?
or Ever wonder why there will always be angels and demons?
Growing up, I have always been taught that life is a competition. If you are rich, you must be the richest; if you are smart, you must be the smartest and etc etc. Either way, you must at least be a winner in some field. Hence the feeling that weakness and vulnerability is always frowned upon and oftentimes not tolerated.
Life is never easy, no matter who you are and what you are doing. Life will always be filled with ups and downs and it is rarely fair. It just so happens that not everybody feels the need to lament and whine everytime about it. What's the point of chatting or meeting if all you could want to express are complaints and whinings?
Sometimes I feel like an old person when ppl like to compare their background and their strive and continue on to say what a lucky and 'born-with-a-silver-spoon-in-my-mouth' life I have. I should feel happy that they think that way, coz I make my achievement looks easy and relax? lol.... I must b a PRO~!
How about the times ppl like to stamped all over my work and glower all over it? Stealing my idea without proper referencing? (lol...) or the time a student blatantly said his work is better than mine during presentation? (different project wor... it is like comparing an apple with an orange, dun know oso la) I may not take action like sabotaging that person infront of the supervisors that time, coz I will not succumb to be like the ppl I don't like. Turns out I do not need to, I had my moment... lol... Turns out he was in turn insulted quite vehemently by the supervisor and he didn't come to the meeting anymore. Moral of the story? Ever heard of the story of the canary in the cow poo? Not everyone who gives you shit is a bad person, and not everyone who digs it out of shit is ur ally. And when you are in deep shit, don't attract too much unnecessary attention~! XD
*(short intro: A canary dying of cold landed on the ground, and a passing cow shitted on the canary. The warmth of the shit help revive the canary so much that the canary began to tweet. This attracted the attention of a cat passing by who dug it up and eat it up~!)
Everything in life need not be a competition. Why is there a need to belittle other ppl to make yourself look so great? If it needs to be a competition, then at least can we be happy for what our friends have and can they extend the same happiness for us? Can we exclude those foul plays?
For me, I feel thankful for those thorns, there will be roses at the end
For those that pull me down, there will always be others who will lift me up
For the demons in my life, there are always angels to guide and guard me
I believe that this applies for everyone, so open your eyes~!