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Let's Stop Comparing.

I like this article and I would like to share this to everyone. - Nye Don't Compare Yourself With Others "Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that... Don't compare yourself with others." -  Galatians 6:4 MSG When I was a child in elementary school, I had a reputation for being rambunctious. My older sister, on the other hand, had a more serene nature. Once, when my classmates and I were waiting in line to get our lunch, I got bored and began rallying the other kids to play “leap frog” with me. Needless to say, my teacher was not pleased, and when she reprimanded me, she declared, “Your sister would never do that!” It was a statement that I would never forget, and that would haunt me in the years to come. All the way through to 12th grade, my sister had many of my teachers before I did, and I constantly felt dogged by comparisons that made me feel inadequate and inferior. My sister was smarter and...