The Race You Don't have to Win

All of us, intentionally or unintentionally, are running, 
Running to win a race and to achieve the place, we have no clue about.
Assuming the winner would be happy without even raising a doubt.
Going back to my inner self, I press pause and an answer I seek,
Are you sure that this is exactly what you want and truly need?

She came out and spoke,
"I am running round the clock, without a stop, I'm just running. I don't even know what is there for me at the end. I'm not running to be ahead but to not be at the last. I'm chasing something but I don't know what that something is. I just don't want to feel left out and see all others go ahead, without me. If I stop right now, all my peers would not slow down for me and soon I'll be left alone. Miserable. Helpless. Indignant. That's why I'm running. I'm not running to win but I'm running to not fail."

At this, my future self defies aIl physics laws and travels through time, pulls my hand, takes me to the mirror of life and says,
"Be the best you can because in the end what you chase is happiness, not success. You shall achieve. But don't get disheartened if that day's not today. There exist a lot of days for you to conquer. For you to celebrate and shine."

SRCC has taught me that for every victory you make, you need to face a hundred failures. For every one second of fame, you need to go through hundred seconds of struggle.

After all, it's life and not a race to chase.