#successfail

Do you ever feel happy when someone else fails? Do you ever feel better about yourself when someone doesn’t do as well as you? I think my initial feeling is to feel that way. But that’s so dumb. It’s dumb and shallow and just petty. I don’t want to succeed at the expense of anyone else. I don’t want to succeed because someone else failed. I want to succeed on my own merits because I worked hard. Because I tried hard. To be happy that someone else did poorly is petty and beneath everyone. So is being disappointed that people did better than me. I don’t want to wish other peoples’ failure. I want to celebrate their successes and strive for my own. I want to better myself and inspire other people to better themselves. Rising tides raise all ships (I’m totally butchering that quote) but it’s true. I want to succeed on my own merits, not compared to anyone else. I can do it with something in my life, why not all?

I went from working in fast food to retail to a call center. I came to the conclusion that if you are not passionate about serving tropichops or selling that shirt to assisting these people on the road then, there will be bumps and internal conflicts. I say this because i have a bad attitude and nobody wants to do something that they want to do it becomes a heavy cloud. I feel like everyday is a struggle trying to succeed somewhere that you dont like working for