The Fatality of Modesty
It sucks to be modest sometimes. To not brag, to not wave around achievements like they're all miracles for everyone to admire. To not build expectations for yourself that society would expect you to fulfill. But what happens when you get those achievements? You get totally ignored and no one appreciates your merits because they don't think that you deserve them. You're not at the top of the class; you will always be second-best, and consequently, second-rate. Your name will never come first to mind, you will never be recognized for all the hard work you have done, and you will never be put on a pedestal with those people you have achieved the same goals and merits with. But of course, you will befriend those people; you will talk to them, and they will know who you are because they know what you have done. You can relate to them. Sometimes. But the common person will never believe that you are up there with them because you will always be caught in the shadow of the pedestal. And you will sigh as the world steps all over you, and you simply just step back and fade away with the backdrop.