# No need to compete By [sweet](https://paragraph.com/@sweetheart) ยท 2024-08-15 --- The wind, flowers, snow and moon are originally leisurely, but in today's fast-paced society, there are more and more people who worry about work. "Grabbing" has almost become a way of survival in modern society and has penetrated into people's minds. Grabbing is an enterprising spirit, but not grabbing is a kind of wisdom to settle oneself and sublimate life. "Grabbing" is the call of this rapidly developing era. We rush for time and rush to be the first, so after 30 years of reform and opening up, Pudong has a new look, the World Expo and the Olympics have been opened, the people have a peaceful and happy life, and China has emerged among the world's major powers. However, grabbing also reflects the impetuousness and anxiety of an era. Kierkegaard said: "Most people are so anxious to pursue happiness that they are out of breath and pass by happiness." Sometimes blindly grabbing will not achieve your goal. Grabbing is an eternal law of nature. Survival of the fittest is the basic law of human survival and an innate instinct of human beings. From the panic of "grabbing salt" caused by nuclear radiation caused by the Great Earthquake in Japan, to the overseas gold rush by Chinese aunties, to the "grabbing books" caused by Mo Yan's winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the world has a skeptical attitude towards China. Whether materially or spiritually, they will not miss a chance to benefit from themselves. Human instinct. A gentleman has nothing to fight for, so he must shoot. He rises with courtesy and retreats to drink, and his fight is also a gentleman's. Not fighting is not a backward concession. It is a way for us to gain more wisdom, we can gain the joy of life, win people's respect, and gain peace and development. I often hear people talk about the college entrance examination, saying that it is a huge team "grabbing" to cross a narrow wooden bridge. Fighting hard on the bridge, a large number of people drowned under the bridge. This metaphor really scared me. In my opinion, the college entrance examination is a 100-meter race. Every contestant has enough space to show his full potential, run the whole course with a smile, and everyone leaves with a smile after reaching the finish line. Because this finish line is not the finish line of life. But today's development is so fast that we forget our source. Just like Jinan, the memory of the alleys sways in the fleeting glimpses of recollection. The streets and alleys of the past have been snatched away by uniform high-rise buildings, cutting off the vicissitudes of history. The haze is hazy, and it is difficult to find the past scenes. It seems that we have "snatched" time and "snatched" a prosperous economy, but are they still the hometowns that bring us distant memories and sublime aesthetics? Development requires calming down and forgetting about competition, and requires self-precipitation. So, try to slow down. Competition is fierce, but don't rush, enjoy the comfort of time flowing slowly through your fingers, and savor the fun of life, maybe we can see more scenery. --- *Originally published on [sweet](https://paragraph.com/@sweetheart/no-need-to-compete)*