It is a very interesting thing this “Comparing.” It is one of the greatest sources of suffering of our times. If you are not happy you are most likely comparing.
My mother was 64 years old. She struggled with breast cancer for 8 years and passed away in January. As people poured to our home, there was a theme that struck me. Most thought that she died young and talked about what could have been if she lived longer. You know, no body compared her life to a lesser life of sorts. She could have lived a life of misery, she could have witnessed the death of her children or her husband, she could have died when she was 22 in a car accident, she could have been murdered, there are so many lesser possibilities.
Isn’t that interesting, we don’t compare the life she had to those but compare it to what did not happen that we would interpret as better. That takes dignity out of the life we live. That is an insult to the universe and nature.
I don’t want this to be a “there is always worse” conversation. That has no impact. When something is used so much in our language, it stops having impact. We just say it but cannot feel it, or experience the reality of it. So here is what I offer you: Watch this video, and then see if you want to “Compare” your life ever again.
Hey, I love reading your blogs. very inspirational. i must have read every post made on here. you have a brilliant way with words.
Scott, thank you, you are very kind and generous with your words
I just wish there was a way i could suscribe and be notified whenever you write something new.
Some of the things you have written about have adapted the way i see things and think
Thanks again!
Scott, I am going to see if I can have an area where you can register and the system will send you an update when there is a new post. Thank you for taking yourself on. It is the only domain where things can really change.