i was born in a family where
if you passed matriculation
you are a genius.
so by that equation
i was extraordinary.
i was good at academics
i was confident.
i was well oriented
i have a sister who is a genius too
but no extraordinary.
she would ask me for help
related to academics
i helped her once
i helped her twice
and then i started getting frustrated
i would think
its so simple
why can't she solve it for herself
sometimes i would make fun of her .
sometimes i would be rude.
then she stopped asking for my help.
she had average human intelligence
and i was superior to her .
since i was extraordinary
i got to get into a good college
and got a pretty good job.
the job was up to my standards ,
or maybe even higher.
my coworkers were as good as me.
or maybe even better
now the scale has changed
i am no extraordinary here
i am no genius
i was just a ordinary guy
with average human intelligence
to put it simply
i was nobody
i was new to the job
and sometimes it felt difficult.
so i would ask my only team mate
the doubts i have regarding the job.
he was pretty good at job.
confident and well oriented.
he had great knowledge
and was pretty experienced too
so i would ask for his help
now he was no ordinary
when i first met him
i knew he was a genius
but who knew him well
would say he was
extraordinary
when i started working with him
i started to have that feeling too
i almost always went to him for help
there was lot to learn
he could well orient me
he seemed like a nice guy too
he helped me once.
he helped me twice.
then he started to get frustrated.
sometimes he made fun of me.
sometimes he was rude .
then i stopped asking doubts
my confidence level began to drop.
i started hating him
i started hating the job.
i started hating myself.
i felt like an idiot.
and thats when i knew
how it feels
to meet your superior.
i went home for vacation
my sister welcomed me
it felt good to be back home
more importantly
it felt good
to be extraordinary again
i felt confident again
i felt happy again
i felt myself again
and
i felt a change within me
i was all the great things i was once
but i was more now
i went to my sister
i talked to her
she asked for my help
academics related
this time i was nice
this time i was patient
this time i wasn't superior
