Its a mad race out there..

Everyone wants to be popular. There's no denying this fact!

Some aspire to be the richest businessman in the world. Some try their level best to be the best sportsperson in the sport they are in. Some in art, some in movies. Hell, there are some who wants to have maximum number of followers in Twitter, subscribers in Facebook. Its a mad world out there, and most of the inhabitants are in a race. Some who don't race are left behind trying to carve their own niche. Niche because rest of them are so engrossed in racing that they seldom have time to look behind and appreciate your work! After all, 'numero uno' is not just a number!

But races are more confusing than convincing.

Sometimes you don't know when one race ends and when the other begins. Every individual runs multiple races at different time intervals in their lifespan. He / she will be in the corporate race to be the best. Once the day's work is completed, he / she will then enter a personal race to keep his / her family happy and content - personally, socially and financially. They will be in the race to buy a match ticket, and after completing this race, will compete for the best possible seat in the stands.

Sometimes you don't know whom you are racing against. You are in a race and eventually you win it. Just one question, who all were there in the race? Was there anyone worth defeating, or you just made up a race so that you can win it. Personal satisfaction, maybe. Lets use traveling as an analogy. You drive, overtake vehicles, some vehicles overtake you. You don't know who they are, don't care either. Unless, of course, its a Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW or {enter your favorite car brand}. Most of the time, you just race along. Sometimes you overtake simply to avoid the traffic signal turning yellow and then red. A race without knowing your opponents seems to be a hollow race to me! 

Sometimes you don't know why you are in the race. It happens. Remember the monster.com ad? Caught in the wrong job? The same applies here. Why are you even in the race? And how will it affect you, even if you win it? And this happens not only on the job, but everywhere. You are given a responsibility from a group where you will have to slog and in the end, there's only one thing you are left with - personal satisfaction and no materialistic gains. The old adage - no pain, no gain - has changed. Its now - if there's no gain, then why pain?.

The optimist in you will say, races are important to survive and be competitive. The pessimist in you will say, races destroy the mere essence of living in harmony and appreciating the beauty around. The tactician in you will ask you to select some races and concentrate on winning them.

The aspirations are different, the race tracks are different, the level of competition is different - the underlying rule, however, remains the same. You don't win the silver, you lose the gold! Either you are the best, or you are among the rest.

In conclusion, well.. I'll leave that to the reader's interpretation.

PS: Trying my hand at writing abstract posts. This one doesn't have any conclusion. You are free to interpret your way. I am trying different things now-a-days. Will fail sometimes. No issues. You know how they relate failure to stepping stones, right?