Comparison Is Like A Devastating Plague

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Never chase the validation of others. You do not need to prove and compare yourself to anyone for it only results to nothing. Do not dare to embrace destruction. Comparison is like a devastating plague.


Life itself is a plague of struggles and sufferings. Sometimes, it is a plague that hinders you to achieve the desires of your heart. Perhaps comparison is as good as a plague that has the ability to embrace destruction against inner peace, dreams, and happiness.

When you compare yourself to others, it is like embracing destruction in your very own life. Why compare when you can stand out? You are not required to chase the validation of others. You do not need to prove yourself to anyone for it only results to nothing.

You do not need to compare yourself to others for you are incomparable. Bear in mind that each soul is unique and special and nothing could ever change it. Do not dare to embrace destruction. Comparison is like a devastating plague. It ruins all your dreams and it does not allow you to find real happiness all through out your existence.

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How often do you compare yourself to others?

Admit it that comparing yourself to others is inevitable in life. When our eyes often see a glimpse of something attractive not present in us or something better than what is existing in our lives, we tend to compare and contrast.

There is nothing wrong about it when your intention is only good like when you use comparison as a source of inspiration and motivation to achieve for an endeavor.

But, when we use comparison for evil or to feel inferior about yourself, it is another story of struggle and suffering. Comparison is like a devastating plague that ruins your inner peace, dreams, and happiness.

When you spend more time comparing yourself to others and looking for validation from other people, you would always end up regretting for you would truly feel a great fear of being judged by anyone and would only end up struggling in life, making yourself a failure.

Whether you like it or not, you are just making a huge effort for yourself to suffer and struggle from extreme feelings of resentment, envy, jealousy, dissatisfaction, and hopelessness.

Little by little, it destroys your inner peace, dreams and happiness just like a plague, draining and frustrating you into someone you do not want to become, most especially when you would realize one day that you could not compete and you could not dwell to another person's standards and quality of living.

Personally, I always remind myself that I do not need to prove my worth to anyone as I always feel better about myself. I do not need to chase the validation and approval of others, and this is the biggest challenge I am facing in life. I may have the habit of comparing myself to anyone but this comparison is a fruit of inspiration and motivation to move forward for success.

I keep on reminding myself that just like others, I too, have my own life to manage, instead of minding other people's life. And that I could always create a life that I would always want to become as I continually adjust my direction to wherever the wind may blow me, so I would have a chance of becoming a better person than I was yesterday.

If there is somebody that I need to prove and impress, that person should only be me, myself, and I. No one else, other than my very own self. But then, for every good thing I do in life, that is to glorify my God.

Moreover, there would always be people who are better than us. Regardless of the truth, anyone must not measure up using comparison just to seek a validation for self-worth and self-acceptance.

We only go around once, so let us not waste our time chasing for negativity. Instead, we shall use our time preciously to do worthy matters before we run out of time as we attract more positivity in life.

The best thing to do is be committed to yourself by staying true to the good values that you possess, and never to worry about the false opinions of others.

Remember that, you do not need to prove yourself to anyone but you can always prove yourself right against all doubts and criticisms from others.

Perhaps it is a matter of focusing for personal growth and development without comparison and chasing the validation of others. There is nothing to prove in life, not even someone's worth.

Most importantly, only you have the greatest power to see your worth. Thus, never ever allow anyone to dominate for your life. They do not have the power for your dreams, happiness, and inner peace, but it is only through a person as best as you.


In conclusion, comparison is like a devastating plague for it ruins your inner peace, dreams, and happiness in life as you drown yourself to a plague of struggles and sufferings through extreme feelings of resentment, envy, jealousy, dissatisfaction, and hopelessness. Never ever chase the validation of others, yet just dare to chase yourself. You are unique, special, and incomparable, remember that.

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One phrase had popped up a while back and become popular, and that is : be yourself because everyone else is already taken @Talecharm! I find that as I get older, that lessens and lessens. You get to a point that it actually hits home, don't need anyone's validation! Very encouraging and uplifting post. Post obtained through Dreemport: https://staging.dreemport.com.

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I thank you so much for such wonderful and heartwarming remarks dear friend, James. Yes, I totally agree with your profound thoughts. The key is to be yourself. The real you would always be right and nothing to prove right to anyone, just yourself and be the better version of yourself than yesterday.

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2 years ago

There is a poem that I absolutely love called Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann. In it he says

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. source

This is the whole crux at the end of the day. It's all a spectrum and we are all simply somewhere on it, somewhere between complete perfection and complete imperfection, plotting our own course through life, each on our own journey. It is not about being better or worse than the next person, but about being the best version of ourselves that we can be.

It was lovely to see your post being shared in Dreemport again this evening :-)

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Thank you for such profound and reflective inputs my dear friend, Sam. I am a hundred percent agree with your thoughts. Perhaps if there is someone that we have to impress or prove something right, that would be our very own selves as we try to be the better version and a better person than we were yesterday. And that every single day is a chance to build something for ourselves without waiting for the validation of others. Perhaps there is really nothing to prove to anyone, nothing more and nothing less. But we could always prove ourselves right against doubts from other people. Once again, I thank you so much for your most precious time and attention my dear friend. Have a great day.

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You are very welcome, I enjoy engaging with you :-)

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2 years ago

Comparison is the thief of joy. We should quit measuring ourselves using other people's standards. We should run our race. We are all beautiful and we stand out in our respective fields.

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This is so true dear friend, Mura and I thank you for such wonderful remarks. Comparison steals our joy and real happiness like a thief as we drown ourselves against resentment, envy, and jealousy. Let comparison be a source of passion to go on in any endeavor and not for evil.

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2 years ago

Comparing ourselves to other people has both negative and positive effect. Just like you have said my dear Talecharm that instead we will be jealous, let's make it a challenge and inspiration to be a better person. But the purpose of comparison is to know who's better from the two persons, it would result only to resentment.

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2 years ago

I totally agree with your wonderful remarks dear friend, Han. We just have to compare for the good of ourselves so we could reach an endeavor, making comparison a source of inspiration and motivation. And not comparison that would root to all negative impacts of evil.

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2 years ago

Because of insecurities sometimes we compare negatively ourselves with other people. Making ourselves disappointed. So let's believe ourselves that we're unique to each other.

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2 years ago

we are from different country and different family. We should not make comparison. Everyone has own life style.

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We should always remember that each one is uniquely designed as we live in a diverse world dear friend, Shawon. I know how hard it is to compare most especially when competition becomes a failure. I just hope that there is lightness in the heart when comparison is for motivation. And you are right that everyone has a different lifestyle.

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2 years ago

Sometimes you hear people say comparison steals happiness and it’s true because at the end of the day you would find out that you are not so happy with the progress you have made in comparison to others.

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There is really no real happiness when one would just dwell with envy through comparison dear friend jumper. I so agree with your thoughts. Comparison would only be fine when intended for good but not for evil. There would be no inner peace and happiness when one continually lives in a world of being envious. Perhaps a slow progress or no even progress at all.

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Yeah. Because it is like a rat race. We would be always checking to see what the other person is doing

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2 years ago

When we compare ourselves to others, we get information about what we want and where we want to be, and how to measure up. But that doesn't end there. Comparing ourselves to others allows them to drive our behaviors. Finally, Every minute you spend wishing you had someone else's life might be a minute spent wasting yours... 📌 📌 📌

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2 years ago

When comparison ruins your life, one day you would just realized that you had wasted your time making a huge effort toward resentment, envy, jealousy, and hopelessness. I hope that everyone gets inspiration and motivation to comparison.

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2 years ago

I always admired how you made things so good in writing. Your concept is admirable and always interesting. Comparison is a poison to our minds and little by little, becoming dead inside.

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I am always grateful of your appreciation dear friend Den and I feel humbled. Yes, you are right as your thoughts are so profound while you give light to comparison as a poison to our mind when not handled well, becoming one to be dead inside. I so love that idea too.

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Indeed, comparison was like a bacteria that somehow ruins our health and make us weak day by day without our awareness. Comparing to others is somehow normal, but we shouldn't take it as a treat for our growth. We are all have differences and so we should remember that sometimes what they have, we can't have. We should also think in the other side, that sometimes what we have is the things that others can't have. We are all have our own uniqueness and so we shouldn't feel jealous with other people's success but instead used it as your inspiration to keep moving.

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2 years ago

Yes, dear friend, grey. I so feel you. Let nit comparison ruin someone’s life but be a source of inspiration to move forward.

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This is a very important lesson. If we focus often on comparing ourselves negatively with others, we will become depressed or envious, and these are two very dangerous traits to cultivate.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, even those people we think we don't measure up to. Everyone has insecurities. I think we will be better served focusing on honing our own skills and trying to always improve upon ourselves so that we can be better people rather than focus on someone else's life.

I think of it like this: if life were a highway and I was driving along, not focused on the road ahead of me, but looking across at the cars passing me by and envying their make and model, I would end up in an accident. So we can't be distracted. If we are, we would stop our own progress by comparing ourselves with others. And so we must strive to curb that, and self love is so very important as well.

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Thank you very much my dear friend, Trifecta for a very brilliant and wise insights. I really appreciate you as always. And thanks a lot for adding a great significance to my content, I totally agree with your profound thoughts. When comparison is used for a bad intention, surely its effects would be worst, but when used being an inspiration to move forward, surely one would dwell in serenity. Self love is really important above all my dear friend. Big hug and my loudest clap to you.

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Comparing is the same as forcing ourselves to do beyond our capabilities.

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There would really no authentic happiness when we continue to compare dear friend, queer. Just like what you said that we are only forcing ourselves to something we cannot compete through quality and standards of living.

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This happens mainly with parents cause they compare their children with one another or even with other people's child

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In psychology, this is so true. The child feels inferior when being compared. As he grows up, he develops inferiority complex due to comparison at a young age. I totally agree with you, dear friend, adebisi.

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2 years ago

it will only become a burden in life if we only look at other people because this is where our weakness will continue to be people who are always jealous of what they have, be wise and appreciate what we have because from there we will understand the meaning of life and how to fight for it.

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Yes dear friend, pajeroz. We just have to be wise and appreciate ourselves more than comparing out life to anyone else. Let not comparison ruin us but let it inspire us to move forward in life.

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Self-confidence makes the dream come true, so there is no need to take precautions from the questions of others about you, bless your efforts my friend

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Thank you so much my dear friend, rore for the appreciation. Let self confidence be the key to avoid comparison of taking evil things such as jealousy and envy.

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That is why i love what Eleonor Roosevelt said that . Making friends with yourself first is important coz that is the only way you could be friends to other. Meaning accepting who you are, embracing what you are, loving your uniqueness, your own beauty and your own personality first can lead to a better acceptance of other people too. Accepting and loving your own self first will avoid the comparison in the process.

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Thank you dear friend grey for your amazing thoughts. Yes, you are right. We just have to accept and love ourselves more so that we could avoid comparison. And if ever we would compare, let comparison be a source of light to move forward for an endeavor.

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That is why I never wanted to compare my self to others is sickening and its stealing the joy inside me. We make our own journey and we should not compare it to one another

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Very true, dear friend witty. We would always end up broke and bitter. The key is to move forward for ourselves and just never mind of others for they are also unique and special as you. Comparison would only be good when done when good intention to be inspired by others and not to measure up.

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I really agree to you my dear friend.

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Sometimes, I am always scared of comparison because the more I compare things negatively the weaker like a snail I become.

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Comparing with others is a sign of immaturity. Yeah it will bring devastating result in the end. However it's a typical sins which we may have not confronts ever

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It would always be normal among people in the world to compare and measure up, dear friend Aka and you are so right with your profound thoughts. It will always result to devastating effects that could ruin life physically, emotionally, and mentally. Let comparison be a source of inspiration and not a source of envy and resentment.

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2 years ago

Definitely.. Where all devine books prohibited this term there's nothing we can do about

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You are right, mate. We should not compare ourselves with others. We should just believe in ourselves and there is no need to prove anyone.

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Comparison with a good intention for inspiration is good but comparison to ruin is evil. Yes, dear friend, Niazi. There is really nothing to prove to anyone, only prove oneself as right against the doubts and criticisms of others.

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Comparing your self to one another can lead someone to early grave and it's can damage your future, what God deposited in me is not what deposited in you, human being are all different,if you want to compare your self you will do what you suppose not to do.

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Comparison only creates a room for resentment, envy, jealousy, and hopelessness dear Vic. I hope that humans would use it as an inspiration to move forward in life, not something being used to measure up.

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I used to be guilty of this. Before I used to compare myself to other people and it makes me feel inferior but when I began to think of it, I realized that we don't do the same work, we don't spend money on the same things. So I stopped comparing my financial life to others and I found peace for myself

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What is more important is the realization to change for the better dear friend, Biso. I know you are unique in your own little ways. And that there is nothing to prove to anyone but as to yourself, prove that others’ doubts against you are not right. You could always be a better person than yesterday.

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Fortunately, when I was little, I was not subjected to any comparisons other than parents. The thought of comparing yourself to another is like accepting failure. Or like losing a race!

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Thank you dear friend, foryou for a reflective input based on experirience. Good for you since you did not experience such comparison when you were still a child that could probably lead to inferioriority complex.

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I super agree my friend, we are all different in our own unique way so never compare yourself with anyone. Unfortunately some people can't help it specially in our society where competition is a big deal. But I do hope this would stop for us to live in peace.

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Competition is really a big thing in the world dear friend, yhanne. May everyone realize that through comparison for a bad intention, it could slowly ruin lives because of envy. Just like you, I also hope that this would stop so we would always dwell in serenity my friend.

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I've been there, when I was in high school I often ask myself why I am not good in Math I always compare myself to my classmates and through that I never felt the true happiness because most of us are competitive. I then found out that every has its own strength, its like the old saying of Einstein "if you compare the fish to a monkey because of its ability to climb the fish will think that he's not good the whole life."

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There is actually mismatch in comparing just like how Albert Einstein think about it dear friend coin. It is just a matter of acceptance. Maybe there is someone who is better but each of us our uniquely designed with a purpose here in Earth.

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I totally agree, because each and everyone of us has its own uniqueness. Their are things that I know that other people may not know. And maybe Im good in a certain things while others are not. Its acceptance and personal realization.

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Important friend Talecharm is that we think is the good we do. Let us not make it a habit to compare ourselves with others. If they can do it better we can all

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Yes, dear friend, Jen. Kindness must rule our lives no matter what happens. Let not comparison ruin the desires of our heart. I just hope that we could always find the happiness that we ever want without comaprison.

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Everyone's life is designed differently, what's easy and good for one may be hard and bad for someone. Comparing ourselves with others is fruitless.

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That makes each person unique, dear friend Dan for we are designed specially. When we compare, we would always end up being a failure.

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This is really important to know that shouldn't compare ourself to other cause we have different capabilities and capacity. We will just get frustrated when we compare. Before, I always do that but when I learn about comparing isn't good I immediately just focus on my own phase.

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Yes, dear friend, amara. there is nothing wrong with comparing when done for inspiration and motivation to achieve for an endeavor.

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Yups, thanks for confirming friend Talecharm. I do hope that I can achieve my goals through my endeavor

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God has blessed everyone with unique traits.but we destroy our God gifted skills and traits when we start comparing ourselves with others. God has made very person different from other. For example if my friend is food at calligraphy i am best at writing or speech if I start comparing myself with my friend that ahh she can do calligraphy but I can't why???? Then i will list my skills also.si stop comparing yourself with others.

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I so feel your words. That only proves that each person is unique and special dear friend, Tanain. There is nothing to prove to anyone, for each person is worthy.

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Everyone has advantages and disadvantages of each if we compare ourselves with others, what about the shortcomings that we have? we will never know the inner life that is felt by others, therefore comparing it is like seeing sea water on the surface.

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Yes, so true my friend. That is why every so often, one ends up being broke and failed when competing for evil. The best thing to do is to compete with inner self and not to anyone.

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Comparison also leads to inferiority complex. When you are compared to someone all the time, you start feeling like you are lower. That's when the true destruction hits Because when a thought makes roots in your mind, it's really hard to get it out and that complex never lets you do anything great and even if you do, you'll end up doubting your own capabilities

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That usually happens to a person with a low self-esteem dear friend, Raheela. That is the importance of understanding comparison at its greater sense so inferiority complex would be alleviated.

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Exactly you are right

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Comparing myself to other start when I saw something with that person attractive or social standard but I always neglect that thought after minute because the more I entertain the idea, insecurities will follow.

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When comparison dominates insecurities are really so loud dear friend, Mary. And I so agree with that.

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Always think that you are way better than what others think. There's no need to compare, we are great on our own way.

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So true. We are all unique, special, and incomparable, dear friend, Valentine. The truth may be there is something better or someone better but it is a matter of possesing good values and keeping a positive spirit.

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Satisfy yourself doing something, not someone else. You don't need anyone else's approval or praise. and if you go the way of comparing yourself, you will be ambitious. Ambition is good, but if it's too much, it will eat you.

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That is to satisty oneself without impressing anyone dear friend, man. If there ia someone we have to please for, that would be our very own selves. Dare not to chase the validation of other people.

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If we let go of the habit of being appreciated by others and give our full attention to ourselves, we will achieve success.

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Comparisons give birth to human heart violence and resentment, And this violence and anger always burns people. Then slowly a soul dies.

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Absolutely true dear, Thomas. There is an inner motive for evil as to resentment. And then the soul becomes a failure.

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Okay. Thanks

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2 years ago

An interesting article but I don't quite agree with everything, as life is not like a plague or the comparison, sometimes I think the comparison motivates you to try and you to become better to do something better🙂

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I understand your point dear friend, Mihhai. As for me, life itself is a plague of suffering and struggles. Sometimes, it is a plague that hinders you to achieve the desires of your heart. Comparison is as good as a plague that has the ability to embrace destruction against inner peace, dreams, and happiness through personal motives of resentment, jealousy, envy, and hopelessness.

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I believe that life is somehow related to how much we are. Willing to fight for how much we want some things and how we can overcome obstacles to achieve what we wantand if we look at nature with all that in it we will see that we will be amazed at the beauty that exists, now we cannot judge life we humans are evil and we make our lives hard,if we wanted life it would be heaven but what to do sometimes we suffer. here and beyond in heaven if we have a good life here we will enjoy infinitely more compared to the weight lived in life here🙂😃

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Totally true, and I so agree with your most profound thoughts, dear friend, Mihhai. Really impressive. Claps.

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We should not compare ourself to others.When we compare to others,we lose our confidence,strength.

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So true, dear friend Adan. When we compare, we are just making a huge effort to fail for ourselves. In the end, we end up failing and broke.

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I used to compare myself with others when i was adolescent boy. But with the growth i realise i have no one to show my efficiency rather than me. I love competition still now. But that competition is with myself. I want to compete my previous day.

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You are doing the best thing dear Zahid. That is competing with your very own self. When we do that, we could always focus on personal growth and development. And that we do not need to chase for the validation of others. There is a power within ourselves and the great power lies in you.

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Exactly, my dear Tale, comparison can play a devastating role in our lives, our peace and our happiness. Today I wanted to write a real story about someone, and now with your article I realized that she is destroying herself, her life and her peace with exactly these destructive comparisons. You gave me good inspiration in writing my article today... Thanks so much dear...

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You are most welcome, dear friend, Ellen. Feel free to write about the story of someone who is ruining herself due to comparison. I wish you a good atmosphere for writing my dear. Carry on.

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Comparison is good if we want to make someone our standard and we want to follow him or her. But yeah most of times we compared ourselves with negative thinking that is destructing plague. We should improve ourselves and take care of mistakes we have done so that we can't repeat it again. It is lack of quality of inner mind when we say why my fellow has this and that thing but I lack. We should mend our inner peace with good thinking.

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Perhaps comparison for a good intention would always yield positivity but comparison for evil would always end up a failure dear friend flipper. This usually happens one day, when one realizes a failure to compete for a set standard and quality in any aspect of life. And I totally agree with your profound thoughts my friend.

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But it is quite natural people overlap the total soul of comparison as a result they attracted towards negativity.

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