Shadows of Greatness

Everyone is destined to be someone. Everyone is someone. Everyone is destined to be something. Everyone is something. We are all destined for greatness. However, we are not all entitled to be great. Greatness, like all achievements, must be earned – not attained. Some are bound to cast great shadows, others to quiver under the shadows of those greater than themselves. Yet it is in some of our destinies to cast great shadows over others’ greatness. We should never, however, take it upon ourselves to trample on the dreams of others, cast our shadows beyond our reach. For it is befallen upon us to remember that those we cast our shadows on often are responsible for shining the light on us. Our success is but a reflection of their hard work. Our greatness is afforded only by their tolerance of our shortcomings. In the end, we must always remember pride comes before a fall and every fall is a push from those who dwell in the very shadows cast by our greatness – the very whispers that stabbed Caesar.

In our greatness, we will always cast a shadow. It is only when we let our shadow overshadow us that someone else’s shadow is cast upon us. In that moment we can either wait in the darkened shadow of someone else’s greatness for the vicious cycle to repeat itself, or we can walk away and cast our own shadow, however small it might be. Knowing full well that just like in daylight, we will always cast the longest shadow at the beginning of every day, short at midday, full end at dusk.