Hello Amy @amykesta

Thanks for your query.

I will share what I do.

Everyone is on their own journey. We come alone and we go alone. Even our siblings or loved ones have their own paths to follow, which means, no one is same. We are all as unique as it gets. So where is the competition ?

Competition between people has been created by the society to bring about better performance, however, with time, we have lost the meaning of real competition and have become slaves to comparisons. We want to be better than the Smiths next door. But do we really ?

Real competition can only occur with self. I stretch myself every day to become better than what I was yesterday and guess what, I do get better. I am so much healthier, happier and more peaceful than I was 10 years ago. If I had followed my friends or classmates who were constantly climbing ladders of success while I was experimenting and failing, I would have become more rich but would not have found myself.

I am so glad that I did not follow anyone or came under the pressure to follow others. My life is my life to live and I am gonna live it my way whether it consists of failures or success. Who determines success ?

But I do believe in hard work, determination and learning from each experience. I learnt early on that in each failure, there is a hidden seed of success so I go looking for it nowadays but am not too hard on myself though as there is no hurry in life. I have my own gifts and others have their own. Why compare ? When nature doesn’t discriminate, why should we ? People who fail still get equal sunshine, rain, wind etc as someone who succeeds LOL.

We are all very special and unique. Let’s keep it that way. Don’t let yourself down with comparisons.

Hope this helps.

Jasmine