Rivalries

'Life is not a competition with others. In its truest sense it is a rivalry with ourselves. We should each day seek to break the record of our yesterday. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair past follies; each day to surpass...ourselves and this is but progress.'

— William George Jordan

'Rivalries'

Bonnie and Luckie,

born on the fifth of February,

continued to fight over a controversy

that she is a pretty fine lady

while he is just a common lad

with no exceptional talents

nor special attributes!

She, they say

is always so appealing

so vibrant --an exquisite beauty.

He does the labor & earn the pennies

while she dresses & goes out

with her ladies.

All his life he dedicated

towards achievement,

to justify himself

that he is more than worthy.

But in the end still he is

the one who isn't lucky

as his birthname would be.

Bonnie didn't feel

Luckie's agony

How long will he

Stay on his knees

And cast a prayer

That someday

He will be

As lucky

As his sister Bonnie.

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.

-Peter Theil

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