Compared to..?

I’ll bet you know someone(s) who

is brighter than you,

is cuter than you, or

is more creative than you.

Then there are  the folks who are on the other end of the  scale who

have less money,

have more health issues, or

 have more dysfunctional family members.

 So what?

What is the comparison for?

Do we really need to be the most or the best at anything?

Watching the Mariners’ game today, I know that perhaps it’s the goal to have the highest-on-base percentage, but it’s probably smarter to focus on the entire team winning the game!

Do we need to compare ourselves to anyone else?

Just because we see folks that are more creative, more coordinated, more attractive-does it matter?

Just because something can be noticed or compared or fretted over, doesn’t mean it’s important or even relevant.

I think it’s better for each of us to decide

• what’s important to each of us,
• what needs to change, and
• what’s worth accomplishing.

And then, ignore all comparisons that don’t really matter!

The most important comparison, in fact, is comparing our lives, our talents, our attributes to what we are capable of.

There are things that matter to us, that we want to be awesome at.

• Do we want to be more loving?
• Do we want to be more peaceful?
• Do we want to be more financially responsible?
• Do we want to have more fun in life?

Can we be better than we were? Sure, we can compare where we are to where we’ve been and to where we want to be. We should be comparing the things that matter to the journey we are on. The rest is noise.

Is there something that matters enough to you

to compare yourself now to yourself then?

Then go for that!

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