Comparing ourselves with others is so wrong. / myLot

Eldoret, Kenya

December 3, 2018 10:44pm CST

We all know that comparing ourselves with others is so wrong. We do not know their real lives so we should not feel that they are better than us. That does not mean that you should take yourself to be better than them, it means you should live your life your own way. Compare you with yourself. Whenever that thought that they are better comes to your mind, remind yourself that you have only seen the visible part, you do not know what they are going through in the invisible part of their lives.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502148)

• Italy

4 Dec 18

I was going to say the same as @aureliah. If you compare yourself with the others to get motivated and do better is positive.

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The Fly One

@aureliah (24687)

• Kenya

6 Dec 18

thanks

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

5 Dec 18

i race against myself. i don't compare myself even with my sister because we are different personalities.

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Shiva

@Shiva49 (28366)

• Singapore

16 Dec 18

Well said, it is a human tendency to compare but we should try to better ourselves when we see good in others worth emulating - siva

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Abby

@a_jerobon (2317)

• Eldoret, Kenya

16 Dec 18

Yeah, I agree with you.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

29 Jan 19

@a_jerobon Very good point. I have also thought that others had a better life than I do but you are right we have to be ourselves.

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Frederick Espiritu

@simplfred (20641)

• Philippines

4 Dec 18

Nice thought you have here. Sometimes it is not us comparing but other people compared us with somebody, they compared us to our friends. How well they do compared to us.

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Wisdom

@Davictech (195)

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4 Dec 18

Comparison is a killer of destiny. We all have our own race to run but as soon as you begin to compare your self with others then you will forget your own race and starts to run another persons race.

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Abby

@a_jerobon (2317)

• Eldoret, Kenya

4 Dec 18

Yeah, that is absolutely true.

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

4 Dec 18

It is better to count our own blessings than looking on other's life. Every one has their own problems and we can't analyze simply looking from outside.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45111)

• Canada

13 Dec 18

Since we are all different,there is no need to compare. We should be content with what we are and what we have.

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GreatMartin

@GreatMartin (23670)

• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

14 Dec 18

I don't recall ever doing that!

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Kimberley

@mom210 (9170)

• United States

12 Dec 18

It might be okay if a person does it only in a way that makes themselves do better in positive ways. We can always improve since none of us is perfect.

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DianneN

@DianneN (254949)

• United States

15 Dec 18

We are all different and shouldn’t have to caompare ourselves to others. I’m happy being me.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

12 Dec 18

That's good advice. I once got down on myself because I compared myself with other great authors and thought my work was unworthy. God reprimanded me and told me He gave He my gift and it wasn't to be like anyone else, but to be me. I haven't compared myself with anyone else since.

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