Comparisons

I hate people who compare their life to other peoples in order to make their problems feel smaller. Yes there are people who are going through worse then you... Its not a good fact of life - but a fact of life none-the-less. However! The issues that we go through and the emotions we feel as a result are there for a reason. Passing it off by saying "oh these people have to deal with worse daily" is a bullshit cop-out.

I would love to see the origin of this comparison because I bet it started by being told to someone who was crying over a tiny issue - and i believe this is an acceptable time to you it as a comparison. But when people start using it for real problems that's when I get frustrated.

I would now like to turn to a massively over used saying but I cannot think of anything better to demonstrate my point;

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Everyone has faults, issues and bad times .... Learn the lessons that are to be learnt from them.... Don't pass them off via comparison...