It's kinda funny how sometimes, if something good happens to you, that means that either something bad happened to someone else, or in most cases, everyone did not get that good thing happen to them. In the latter case, it means that you have 2 options: be happy because something good happened to a friend or sulk that the same did not happen to you. Why is it that in most cases we choose the latter? Why does a friend's celebration of something awesome happening to them equate to them hurting your feelings because you did not achieve such success? Being in law school has introduced me to some of the most interesting people I have ever met. I love the competitiveness but it would be nice to have people genuinely happy sometimes. If your congratulations are overshadowed by the fact that you wish you had what I had, please don't congratulate me. Seriously. The craziest part though, is it is not the underachievers who sulk about good things happening to others. It's the people who are freaking set. They have good grades and for the most part, they get what's going on in law school. Yet any success achieved by anyone else, not including them is likely to devastate them. Here's my advice: Grow up. Learn to deal with the fact that sometimes, good things are going to happen to other people, not including you. Recognize that if someone is happy and celebrating his or her success, it is probably not to taunt you. Actually, i guarantee that that person is not even thinking about you. And no, that does not make them self-centered. You are the self-centered one for thinking that everything revolves around you. Ok...I'm done with this rant. Please don't assume that it is targeted at anyone specific. I promise it is not. It's just that after 10 months of law school, I've noticed some things over and over and I decided to write about it. Also, I have not posted anything new on my blog in a while so I figured why not write about this.
I'm out.
Preach on!
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