I have been relentlessly bugged by the "idealists" who are against competition. I am not sure why they are so bent at scrutinizing people like me who enjoys the ups and downs of competition. I mean they could always just mind their own business. I am not here to patronize their idiosyncracies and their insecurities for that matter.
First, I was raised to believe that competition isn't something to shy away from. It is something to be embraced up to some extent. Competition is a healthy way to exercise our humanness. What with all its extrinsic and intrinsic conttibutions. According to a literature I read, the Latin root for the verb "to compete" is "competere" which means "to seek together" or "to strive together." That's why I really don't understand why they abhor it and why they have to always question people who like it. What I know is I have clean motives. It's my way of challenging myself and challenging other people who share the same ideals.
Why don't they just let people be? I surmise they might have had unpleasant experiences before. They might have been born losers or they are just cowards who are afraid to lose at some point. What is so hard to swallow when you lose? P-R-I-D-E! Let's face it. Winning isn't everything. And I know that. I cannot have everything but at least at some point I tried.
In a dog-eats-dog world, it's either you are IN or OUT. If you don't like to compete for space then better dug a hibernation cave and stay there...for good.
A few people might oppose what I have just written. I am not here for you to patronize me in any way. I am just talking out loud in the hopes that you will leave me alone...
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