One of the things in my life has always been "comparing myself with others". I hope that during this adventure of writing, while I may be comparing myself, I will draw from the other posts, using them to advance and expand my learning. Comparison is one of the things in my 1st paper "The Challenge" I want to address, as it has been a drawback from advancing myself, many times, overcome with everything I think I can not accomplish, coming to a point of realizing I can and will accomplish this task of getting educated.
Comparison can be a crippling effect in ones life. For one thing, it shows an attitude of ungratefulness. When that attitude sets in, you are never happy with anything. You're not pretty enough, smart enough, skinny enough, rich enough and the list goes on. To think that there are countries in our world where people actually live in huts, grass ones, and all they have to eat is rice.
I used to use that example with my children as they were growing up. Maybe that wasn't the best example, but didn't want them to fall into the trap of comparison and ungratefulness.
We, as Americans, have so much to be grateful for and to compare what our strengths and weaknesses are is unappreciative for what we do have.
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