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Originally Posted by sparrowstail
THIS IS BY NO MEANS, A DIRECT REPLY TO YOU ..C..., BUT MY THOUGHTS AND OPINION ON ANGER AND EMPATHY.....just using your quote.......thanks.............great topic.........
............from Desiderata..................one line
........"If you compare yourself with others,you may become vain and bitter,for there will always be greater and lesser persons then your self."
.....is not vain and bitter equivilant to empathy and anger?
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How does that relate to recovery and the hard work we do to reach a more peaceful state?
The comparison I see here is someone judging themselves and almost always coming up short...
Comparisons in real life are more along the lines of, "Ohh, my car is bigger than yours, so is my house, and so is my bank account." Or, "My house is tiny, my car is so much smaller, and I've no money in the bank."
Ego based...
If someone is vain, they aren't going to have empathy in them.
Bitter-Anger. Possibly. If you've worked hard but numerous events have changed your situation, your skills became outdated, or any other number of things...I see that person reacting more with sadness than bitterness...and determination to improve their circumstances.
Comparing traumas seldom causes anyone to strut and claim theirs is worse than anyone else's trauma.
If anything we struggle with accepting that our traumas are equal, and their affects on us are nearly the same.