Watch Out There's A Thief About
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
January 21, 2021 1:02pm CST
I was browsing a well known video hosting web site when I came across a video posted by someone who is doing the same online guitar course I'm doing. When he was talking about his comparatively slow progress he used a quote, which he attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, which was "comparison is the thief of joy".
I've never come across that quote before but, thinking about the times I've unfairly compared myself to others, I realised how true it was.
For instance, comparing my scientific achievements to those of Professor Brian Cox, my engineering achievements to those of Elon Musk, my guitar-playing ability to that of Matt Bellamy and my footballing abilities to those of Lionel Messi is clearly going to remove the joy from any achievements in those fields.
So I would just like to say a big sorry to those guys. I didn't mean to make you feel bad.
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@Tampa_girl7 (49864)
• United States
23 Jan 21
I try not to compare myself to others![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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