Why not me?

There is a really strange facet of human behaviour .When one of your friends achieves what you always dreamed of ,like if your freind gets a call from IIMA or he gets a job offer from a reputed company, then you may show a great deal of joy for some time. But the truth is something else. and That's, you'll fear that he'll reject you and your freindship soon. This may seem to most of you astonishing and mind-boggling, but admit it, it happens not only with me but with most of you out there, it's nothing but the truth.

i read an Article from Khushwant Singh- He said in that article that no matter how much contentment you show on other people's achievements and successes , your exultation will sooner or later, fade into jealousy.

Other facet of the same is that, when somebody we don't know achieve something, we are amazed at his accomplishment, but if the same person is close to us then that joy we show being close to him is marred with envy.

So if it comes to Dhoni and Sachin,we praise them like they are the only indians worth living in India, But same Dhoni when comes to your neighbourhood or is friend of yours , or in case he's already your neighbour or is your friend, then i bet i wasn't wrong in my first two statements.

That there lies a hidden question always... Why not me ? Why He?

If we knew only the answer to this question. I bet world would have been a tad happier place to live in.

I Hope a day will come when the following quote is scrapped by one and all...


"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies."
---Gore Vidal