Comparison: When We Forget That We All Have Our Own Cards

There is a subtle way we squander our success without actually failing: by remaining preoccupied with what others are doing. We achieve something, then look at someone else’s accomplishment and feel that what we have done is insignificant. We toil, then see those who have preceded us and consider our effort belated. We attain something we have long awaited, yet we scarcely rejoice in it because someone else has achieved more. Thus, comparison does not grant us what others have; rather, it causes us to lose what we possess. …