Envy, Violins, and Other Things

"Never frown; you never know who's falling in love with your smile" --An Anonymous Friend ;)

You know what I was thinking about today? I was thinking about somebody I know, and how lucky they are with life. How easy it seems for them. Of course, I know my life is nothing to complain about, and im not. I was just thinking and being envious (lol). And as I was thinking about how I always end up playing second fiddle to him in everything, I remembered a conversation I had with a good friend of mine where he confessed he felt jealous of me. He felt exactly what I was feeling for somebody else.

It was then that it hit me; we all really do all play second fiddle to somebody else. There always will be somebody else better then us. But that’s not a bad thing! Because no matter how bad you feel at the time, there is always somebody wishing that they have what you have.

Of course, you’d think that that’s impossible. How can that work? It would be a spiral downwards, and would have to end somewhere. But it DOSENT!! Do you know why? Because people are always envious of lots of people; everyone is jealous of other people for different reasons!! It’s not a spiral, it’s a circle. Somebody could be jealous of somebody else for their friends, that person could be jealous back about how easy school is for the first person (a pretty clichéd metaphor, I know, but bear with me lol)

The point im trying to make is that everyone is always looking to other people in a bid to improve their lives. People always want what they don’t have, because people are always sure that other lives must be easier or more fun then their own.

But don’t think that. Your life is special to other people, wether you know it or not. There is always somebody in the world that needs you there; either to be a yardstick, an ivory God statue, or even to be a second fiddle!

People need people; it’s a fact of life. Wether it be to criticise, to love, to hate, to learn from or even to see walking down the street. Just the knowledge that other people exist, and that other people have as much trouble, confusion and doubt as we do can help us get through our day to day life.

Respect people, they need you as much as you need them.

(Isn’t it ironic? I play ‘second violin’ in a string quartet. Get it? “Second fiddle”? Lol, you’ve got to love those ironic twists ;) I know I do!)