User:Oyugi Mark/sandbox

being a human being is uncanny.i know that's a pretty intriguing way to start an essay but lemme try to explain it so that it makes more sense;or less intriguing.a little while back i was listening to an episode of jre and he was talking with jordan peterson.joe said something that's stuck in my mind and whatever i do i just can't get it out.it went like this;- when you're done with college or whatever and get a job,you'll face an inevitable fact.there are very many people that have been at that workplace for years...shit even decades,before you.they have way more experience and of course more skills than you do just for the simple reality that they were there before you and they have done what you're just beginning to do for a longer time than you have.they'll probably even be more shrewd than you could ever fathom to be.for this,they'll be a long way ahead of you because life ain't a race and the starting line is not conventionally agreed upon since we are all born at indistinct timeframes.it got me thinking.irregardless of when you're born,there's another factor that comes to play that most other people i have debated on this issue seem to agree on;where and to whom you are born to also plays a major role on what you turn out to be in life.if both a child's parents are smart and they make something great of themselves,the child is predisposed to the proclivity of being as great or even greater than their parents.that's just a basic rule that seems to apply to most people i have observed.back to the weird part about being human.what are the standards of success then seeing as we are all born under very different circumstances.i mean,are we all expected to turn out a certain way and are those expectations even a real thing.is there any one person who goes around keeping tabs on every other person's life to see how they end up.or is it all just in our heads.i mean.if you see something that another person has and you do whatever it takes to get it,have you really succeeded or have you just made yourself a duplicate of the person you saw.maybe the secret is to let life flow because it's going to irregardless.you will never be the best,just the best version of you.at every point in time think and be at your best. the best form of measurement should be your previous self.if you had a hundred bucks yesterday and today you have a thousand good for you.that's a better version of you and possibly the best in comparison to your previous self which is a good thing.knowing that you can add to your personal catalogue and actually working to improve upon it steadily is way better than chasing unrealistic goals that often seem unrealistic.shit they might not even be unrealistic,only a long way out simply because the moment for you to be there hasn't arrived.you might beat yourself up trying to get there and when you do eventually get there it will not be as great as you imagined because you will still be the same person...just a little elevated than those around you and nothing more.as i have traversed this world,i have come to many tragic realizations about people i meet but none is more conclusive than that everyone is different and beautifully so.we can't all be equal.you need a person to wipe the smudges of mud off your shoe when you're in a hurry,we have that;you need someone to sell you groceries by the roadside when you're not feeling fancy enough to go to the supermarket,we have that;and many other endless examples.it doesn't make them any less relevant in this human race.it just implies that wherever you find yourself from birth to whatever age you are at the moment is just a consequence of being.others may call it the tragedy of being.it's not conclusive.just tremendously inexplicable.so if you're reading this just realize that it's not a competition,just a scramble that never ends. take pride in the little you have,because after all,it's all you've got.