The human race, despite the way the name might sound is not about running. It's not a contest of speed or to achieve superiority. We can stop trying to show that we are better than the next person, because in reality, we are all equal.
Now, don't get me wrong. There are certainly people who do great things and we might not all do those things, but we all can aspire to greatness! We all can make the attempt. Along the way we can learn a lot from other people. We can appreciate them and be inspired by them, but it is a complete waste of time for us to compete against them.
Now I am not talking about athletic contests here. Sports are great, but we are not measuring if one person is better than another. Competition is not a bad thing, but we should be competing against our self, or at least our younger self.
Can I be a better person than I was yesterday and the day before? The answer of course is yes and we can aim higher and higher each day. An old slogan for the US Army said "Be all that you can be." That should be the goal of all of us. The human race is the course that each one of us travels in our quest to do good and to make a difference and to be the best we possibly can.
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