Nothing Compares To You...

@JediYoda (1646)
Samoa
May 10, 2017 3:08pm CST
One of the things I don't like is comparing myself to others. Comparing oneself to other person is not fair to yourself. All persons are unique individual in his or her way. Everybody has its own personality. I am who I am...I just want to be me... Think about the message of the line in the poem "Desiderata". Do you often compare yourself with other people around you? For what reason(s)?
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
10 May 17
Never... with age comes comfort. Maybe when I was young but through life I was too busy living it than wondering if I was missing something. Jealousy is not pretty, and when I wake up in the morning I enjoy my own life. It truly is the only one we get right now so we need to love it.
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
10 May 17
@PainOnSlate Yup, very well said.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
11 May 17
@PainsOnSlate , I always said something very similar to this here.
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
13 May 17
@marlina You're right.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
11 May 17
I've always considered myself less than others, although I don't really know why. And so yes, I used to compare myself to others in so many ways. These days, I've come to realize that I really do like the person that I am and I've stopped comparing myself with other people. That never makes me feel good and it's time to be nicer to myself.
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
12 May 17
@JediYoda thanks, Stephen. It's been a long time coming but, as they say, better than never!
@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
13 May 17
@CRK109 I'm glad for you.
@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
12 May 17
@CRK109 It's good that you've found your own unique identity.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
10 May 17
No, I do not have that habit of comparing myself to others.
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
10 May 17
@marlina That's good. You're in the right track!
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
10 May 17
Yes sometimes. As its just a natural thing to do. Especially when you've been bullied and treated like crap.
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
10 May 17
@Courtlynn Yep you are right on this.
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@Shiva49 (26764)
• Singapore
11 May 17
I try to learn from others but not compare with them in a negative way. We should live as individuals giving full justice to our talents - siva
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@alexjessi (1033)
• Hanoi, Vietnam
26 May 17
I agreed!!
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
12 May 17
@Shiva49 Yup, we should not compare with them in a negative way.
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@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
10 May 17
Each person is unique. Sometimes people are jealous of other people, Because they don't have the same. So they compare themselves to them. But I dont understand why? Each one has a unique thing that the other have not The title of your post reminds me a song I think it was publish in the 90's :
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
10 May 17
Yup you are right. Do you like Sinead o'Connor?
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@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
10 May 17
@JediYoda yes I do. (My mistake: Just read that the song was publish at 1989)
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@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
10 May 17
@gilggg That's cool. I like her too.
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@alexjessi (1033)
• Hanoi, Vietnam
26 May 17
Comparisons are never a good form of education; they should only be considered as examples of learning
@EMuhungi (1712)
• Nairobi, Kenya
1 Jun 17
Sometimes I do it to challenge myself. It works for me.