Number 1

Many Asian parents urge their kids to achieve No. 1. They seek to take the first place whenever possible. Many see anyone apart from the 1st place to be the same. That is to treat 2nd place and last place alike. However, to my point of view, its rather a meaningless thing to accomplish. Being number one means that everyone else is behind you. You feel the chill in your spine and the only thing you can do is move on. Not only that, when you seek to defeat everyone else, it means that you are declaring war against the rest of the world. How tiring it is to be going against the rest of the world? You have to run endlessly, fearing that one day someone else is going to pass you while you rest. You lose your time to enjoy life. Not only that, when you are going against the entire world, you are on your own. It is said that those on the peak experience solitude. Nothing can be more truthful than this. At the peak of mountain, there is only one standing spot. There can only be one 1st place. True, looking down, the view is magnificent. However, one have to bear that solitude that humans aren't born to take. In order to take the 1st place, there is too much to lost, too much great things to miss. Simply, it is not worth it to simply attaining that title.