Others success

Several years ago, a puzzle was given to us.

The teacher drew a line on the board and asked the following question.

“Can you make this line smaller without touching it?”

We thought about it for quite some time, but could not figure out the way to make the line smaller without touching it.

Then teacher did something which we never expected.

He drew a bigger line parallel to this line and asked the question.

“Which line is smaller now?

The answer was obvious.

The same line became smaller without touching it.

This is precisely what happens when other people succeed while we remain where we are.

We become unsuccessful in the relative term when they succeed, becoming better than us.

While we don’t mind other’s success, we surely feel bad when we are unsuccessful or when we fail.

It is only natural to feel bad when we fail.

It is for this reason that most people don’t like other’s success.

However, there are a small number of people who feel happy when others succeed.

Instead of feeling any animosity for those successful people, they befriend them and learn from them the secrets of success.

They are motivated by their successes and strive to work harder to do their best so that they not only equal their success but also surpass them.

I have always developed friendships with the people who had been better than me in life.

It is only thanks to such people, that I worked extra-hard and achieved something in life.

They had been my gurus and motivators.

I am always thankful to them for being part of my life and lifting me due to their brilliance and successes.

-Awdhesh Singh