Hi All,

Holy Poop, I am constantly comparing myself to others. How would I learn if I didn’t?

It’s not THAT you compare that matters, it is WHY you compare that matters.

I do it out of curiousity…to learn

I compare myself to everyone that I cross paths with. Maybe they can teach me something about how to be a better me, or maybe they can teach me how NOT to be.

And by compare I don’t mean, their clothes to mine, or their house to mine, or their paycheck to mine…no material. I compare minds…ways of being.

No one is better than me, no one is less than me, but they ARE different and it is that difference that offers me a ton of possibilities.

I don’t criticize…myself or others…that is terribly unproductive…what’s the point, I’d rather save the energy it takes to criticize and direct it at making a better me.

NOTE: I don’t criticize myself, but I sure do have a lot of fun at my expense…I’m really good at ‘Stupid Human Tricks’…you know, like when you’re talking to someone and the conversation is occupying a good chunk of your attention, and you’ve got the cat in one hand and an apple core in the other…you open the door and throw the apple core outside, then go dump the cat in the garbage…Yeah I did that, and when I realized what I’d done, I almost peed my pants laughing…the conversation ended, cause the person I was talking to ended up in the same state as me…the cat on the other hand was NOT amused…(I’m giggling just remembering)

So that’s my take on comparing…works well for me.

cheers