***Insight*** Potential and Jealousy

This shall probably my most religious blog yet, hehe.

One thing that has always been hard for me is admitting that, I won't, and am not, the best at everything that I do. I find that people who are my friends I now have an unfounded resentment towards, maybe because they scored higher than me on a test or they barely beat me in the mile-run or in some other pointless "competition."
I think this all blossoms from the fact that when I was younger I was pretty much the best at what I did! Fastest runner, most artistic, smartes person in the class ect. Now though, that I'm older I see that these things are not nessesarily facts anymore. But I find that this is mostly my fault because I'm not trying as hard as I used to in elementary school.

Anyways, my point is that if someone beats us at something, we should rejoice! These are our brothers and sisters! We are apart of a glorious family and that greatness is in each of us. Our generation is said to be one of the most valiant of all time and, quite frankly, I agree. Does this mean I'm saying there have not been great men in the past? No. What I am saying is that our feats that we shall achieve are to be more numerous and extraordinary than those who have come before us.

When we see those Olympic gold medalists on T.V. or just that smart kid in math class, do not have envy! Rather, think of it as your potential. Think to yourself, "Yeh, if I work hard this is what I can achieve."

Heck to be quite honest I don't think any of us have seen our full potential and I don't think that we should assume we have met our limits. WE can and we will, every last one of us, achieve greatness if we only believe in ourselves! Look upon each other for inspiration, not jealousy! What you may want from other people, I genuinely believe, you already have!

**Jealousy is being blinded to the fact that you are just as glorious and magnificent as any person on this earth today, you may have just not unearthed it yet.**