Just recently, I realized that one of my bigger pet peeves is when people get jealous of other’s accomplishments — or just let it get to them.

For me, when I see someone who’s amazing, or awesome, I’m just like whoa, I want to be like them. I can’t understand the ‘forget them, they’re talented, so what?’ attitude. When I see someone who’s talented, I don’t forget them, because it makes me want to better myself.

All of my friends have qualities that are better me in some ways, and qualities that are less than mine in some ways. When I look at those better qualities, I don’t feel any jealousy, I just work harder in order to keep up with them. They inspire me, rather than make me slow down.

Maybe I’m too optimistic. Maybe I just haven’t met my match… But I’ve met some really awesome people out there… And all I can say is that I’m happy for them and I want to cheer them on from the bottom of my heart… Because one day, when I’m successful, I want people to cheer me on too… I guess it’s a treat people like you want to be treated type thing… I’d be so disappointed if everyone turned away or was jealous just because I was successful.

Even small successes are important.