Everyone wants a prodigy to fail it makes our mediocrity more bearable.

Harold Bloom
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Everyone wants a prodigy to fail it makes our mediocrity more bearable. When we all share the same reality, we tend to forget that everyone has different experiences in life. We all avoid the same fears and enjoy the same successes. When one person has an extraordinary talent, it is easy to feel jealous of them.

The problem with this is that it is not only unproductive but also unkind. It doesn’t matter how good someone else thinks they are, when they are living their dream, he or she will never understand what the struggle is like for someone else. Sure, you may be jealous of others’ talents but you must remember that this jealousy will only make your own failure more bearable.

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