The whole talk about the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Actually supported Argentina all the way ever since they made it to the quarter finals. While the whole world doubted them and some even saying it was a feat for them to even reach the quarter finals, look where they fought up till. They made it to the finals. And even though they didn't manage to clinch the champion titles, I think they have really came a long way and I think they do deserve all the recognition they're receiving. And then this got me reminded of someone once saying "Being first is more important. Who remembers the second anyway? Maybe their friends and families, but anyone other than the first are destined to be washed and faded away, forgotten by the world."
It is this automated strife to be the first so competitively that denies the emotions we feel, that makes us human. Focusing only on being the best. Okay, so say you're the best. Now what? What are you going to do with your life next? No doubt your name will be marked in history, but your name will just merely be a name unless you are able to do something more that makes your title for first to be more than just a name but with a story. And a story that changed people's lives. Isn't it how the way the world is now?
They just want to be the first, "because no one remembers the second", "because first is the best", but at the end of the day, what is the true value of being the first? That would really depend on the individual himself. What if you become the first after much obstacles and in your journey to be the first, you forget your initial innocent noble dreams, your initial pure untainted passion. You finally got to be the first, the best, will you finally realised that all these while what you've been chasing after were as good as catching air? Because you've only been so fixated on being the best, you neglect the rest of the other things that life has to offer you, but it is only when you're done with being the best that you then realised you've lost so much more than you've gained by being the first? Will you still think that the pursue for being the first just to be remember is worth it?
What is wrong with being the second if you've tried your best? What if you weren't meant to be the first because if you were, being weak in the flesh that we humans are, we start getting complacent and let pride over take our initial humility? Is then being the second still "not good"?
Now don't get me wrong here, I am in no way condemning the strife to being the best. But instead, I think people who pursue to be the best just because of the fame, honour or glory the title gives fail to see the value behind the other little things that life has to offer to them. I don't find fault in trying to be the first when a purpose is behind the motive. Be the first so I can make my parents proud of me. Be the first so I can prove to people that it's not that difficult; if I can do it, they can too. Be the first so that I can be a better person through the process. In all we do, there should be a nobler and higher purpose because we are after all, human. What makes us different from circus animal when we just aim to be the best for all those fame, honour or glory? No difference.
At the end of the day, it'll be your loss when you take time to relook into your priorities and realising the many things you have missed out while being so charmed by the illusive pursue of being the first and the best. So rather than asking yourself what you want, why not asking yourself what is most important to you? Maybe that is when you'll realise that you have been blinded by the world's pressure and influence that what you currently want may not be what is truly important to you.
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