Why is it that people are obsessed with comparing their lives with other people?
OMG! Look at that dude/chick! Their so popular, everyone loves them AND they have lots of money to buy cool things! Hrm, why can't I haz da nice tings? Boo hoo, they so luki! I wantz to be a famuz!
Why can't you just set your own goals and standards? Why do you have to out due your peers, friends and family? From what little I've lived my life, the idea that you should live your life by how you think you should live it and not base success off of "beating" other people. If your neighbour has a nicer car, a greener yard, a hotter wife, who gives a dam! Maybe his car guzzles gas and costs lots when you need to replace shit. Maybe their yard is greener because they feed it the souls of young Asian slaves. And that sexy wife? She's probably not giving anything but cold stares, empty laughs and the vague hints of adultery.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Why yes it is. But the intensity of green is exactly that, just a perspective, hell maybe an optical illusion. Is it actually BETTER? Usually not.
The following is a public service announcement by your Animosity Ant!
Remember, life is full of shit, you have bad things happen to you that you don't deserve, people usually don't notice your good deeds, and then you die. What? your waiting for me to put something more up lifting at the end? Alright fine... Life, in all it's pain and horror, is great! If you weren't alive, you wouldn't get to experience anything. Seriously, ANYTHING! Everything you feel in this world is a... hrm, not a blessing that has to many religious connotations. Ah yes! Privilege, we don't and never will deserve anything in this life, everything that is experienced is it's own unique situation. Once in awhile, close your eyes, take a deep breath in, and absorb all the different smells around you. Sit there quietly, and see what your ears can pick up in the background. Take those extra few seconds to really chew and savor that bite. Finally, open your eyes and see how truly vivid the world is and how much everything and everyone is enriching your life.
