this question popped at me a few years ago:

if you ever have to choose whether to be a big fish in a small pond or to be a small fish in a big pond; what would you choose?

ever since i go to college, i came into realization and finally get to know the answer.

this pond, where i live right now, is a huge one. and there are lots, and lots of big fish. being a small one might be hard at the beginning, and it's just getting harder everyday. every big fish around me made me nothing but constantly look down on myself. deep down, i know, it's not the right thing to do. being around great people supposedly make me strive and thrive for greatness. instead, i was just complaining, letting that wicked part of my mind shrinking myself down to the bottom. it took me long enough to realize i just wasted my time by letting the idea of myself living in a mediocrity indoctrinate me. all i did was constantly comparing myself with other people, instead of just accepting the way i am; and giving myself the opportunity to slowly making progress on my own path.

this proved me how powerful the negative mind is. and how toxic it is to our mind, to our mental health, to our life.

it seemed like i just woke up.

take a step back to the question,

if you ever have to choose whether to be a big fish in a small pond or to be a small fish in a big pond; what would you choose?