Nonexistent Competitions

Today was really tough for me, and as I kept asking myself a lot of questions about why certain things were happening, I heard something funny. I say it's funny because it's my first time hearing someone say such a thing to me.

I was supposed to send my flight details to my cousin, but I mistakenly sent them to a friend. I still don't know how that happened, but it's probably because I had divided attention. Some hours later, after not hearing from my cousin, I called her to ask what was happening because the plan was for her to pick me up on arrival. Her response made me check my chats, and then I saw what I had done, so I apologized to my friend, forwarded the flight details to my cousin, and deleted them.

Some minutes later, my closest friend asked me what I told the other friend because she came to her complaining. I explained the situation to her, and that was when I heard the most funny thing ever. My friend thought I sent the flight details to her just to show off. As a person who hates hearsay, I confronted her to ask what exactly was going on. She said, "I don't know how you do it, but I'll pass you soon. I will win this competition in the end."

"Competition?" I asked. That was when I found out that this person has been in a nonexistent competition with me since junior high school, and the crazy part was that I didnt even know about it.

I don't know what's with this generation, but we see everything as a competition. You see a tiny part of someone's life and just make up an imaginary competition with them. You sit in a class with someone and, instead of letting them help you, you see them as competition. You have a colleague who is more knowledgeable than you, and instead of learning from them, you just make them your competition.

What makes this funny for me is how the other party might not even know about it. I believe we all know ourselves and what we are capable of. If you know someone is more knowledgeable or ahead of you in life, the smartest thing to do is to seek counsel from them. Learn what they did right and know what they did wrong. Seeing them as your competition is not something that should be on your list.

For my friend, I genuinely wasn't interested in any drama, so I quickly deleted her number and continued with what I was doing. And, oh, I didn't even pay for that flight; my dad did. So, imagine being in competition with someone like me without even knowing the whole truth. Good luck to her.