There are things I did, thoughts I believed, ways I voted,
etc. years ago that I do not subscribe to the way I live today. So please don’t compare me or yourself for who
we were then, but the person we are today.
Comparisons are the thief of joy.
Life is all about perspective.
If you live in the United States of America with all its
faults and warts, you may easily become a victim of comparisons without
appreciating how good life can be here.
The U.S. economy has the world’s largest Gross Domestic Product. New York’s economy is as big as Canada and
Texas’ is as big as Italy.
You may think you have a boring life compared to your
neighbor, but there are world citizens praying for such a life, where every day
is a struggle for survival. Our basic
problem seems to revolve around appreciating what we have and becoming more of
a citizen of the world by finding out how others live and helping them, rather than
comparing our lot in life by others in our country. We’re living better than the majority of the
world’s population. We freak out when
the power is interrupted by a storm for a few hours, oblivious to the
circumstances of millions that live without utilities every day. We take too much for granted, since most
folks around us have them.
We’re forever complaining about our lack of athletic abilities
compared to the pros that were born gifted and practice incessantly every day to
hone those skills. We compare our
height, weight, looks, talents, etc. to extraordinary people who represent a minutia
of the world’s population, but are constantly on all sorts of social media,
leaving us with the impression that these types are everywhere and we got the
short end of the stick.
The only comparison we need to worry about is being a better
person than we were yesterday. And help
make the world a better place, one person at a time. Let it begin with me.
