Comparisons

[TrumanCapote]

John and Jane were in the same class at university studying Financial Accounting. After graduation, fate took them through different paths of life.

5 years later, Jane ended up as an Accountant in a Building firm earning USD3,000 monthly.
Meanwhile, John on the other hand, couldn’t secure a job and ended up a taxi driver. He makes at least USD100 daily and if he works for only 20 days in a month, He makes USD2,000 that month.

One evening, Jane closed from work and was at the bus stop waiting for a taxi when John stopped for her. She hopped in, but little did she know it was John. She immediately got lost in her phone.

When she reached her destination and was about to pay thats when they recognised each other.

“Is this you?” they both asked themselves simultaneously as if they had planned it. Jane gave him money but John insisted she keep it. He was happy to see her and for old time sake, he left the money for her even when she insisted that she wanted to pay. They both exchanged contact numbers and left.

Well, Jane went home that night and was lost in thought. Not as if John was looking bad but John driving taxi? She couldn’t wrap her head around it. She pitied him. Felt Sorry for him. If John had allowed her she would have paid him and begged him to keep the change.

Little did she know that, John actually owns another 2 taxis running for him. He is a landlord already but because he was driving a taxi, she felt pity for him.

On the other hand, John felt sorry for himself too. Before he slept that night, he remembered Jane, how neatly she was dressed and nice perfume scent. "She must be earning over USD10000 per month, he said to himself. He felt ashamed. He felt like a failure and he felt she was way ahead of him financially and otherwise.

Little did he know that, If Jane subtracts her transportation fare and food money from her monthly salary, it will take her at least 3 months to earn what he earns monthly.

Sadly, this is some of our reality. We measure our progress and success with that of your friends, classmates and relatives with very limited information we have about them.

You think yours is worse because you look dirtier, you think yours is worse because you are not in corporate suits, you think yours is worse because the other person acts and looks nicer.

Life is not a competition. Stop comparing things, you don’t have the full picture.

Hustle hard…

Money has left offices it can now be anywhere

[Simiyu22]

Lol. This story is repeated over again in different versions. The bottom line is not everyone is cut to be a businessman.

[Lionheart]

@TrumanCapote

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Life is not a competition. Stop comparing things, you don’t have the full picture.

A wise view. It is healthy to compete with yourself though. Strive today to do better than you did yesterday. This is a real and worthy competition, and perhaps the hardest.

[TrumanCapote]

@Lionheart

A wise view. It is healthy to compete with yourself though. Strive today to do better than you did yesterday. This is a real and worthy competition, and perhaps the hardest.

I have found the standards of the world to be dismal, if you compete with them you will always be beneath your potential.

[Lionheart]

@TrumanCapote

I have found the standards of the world to be dismal, if you compete with them you will always be beneath your potential.

This may be true in some ways, but I think the world plays an important role in showing us who we are in relation to it. It teaches us areas in which we fall short–where we find there is a certain quality we see in others, desire, but lack–and areas in which we aren’t doing too badly. I think both are important lessons in building the person we want to be. But neither needs to be our bench mark, more like a guideline to what greatness could look like. Now, not sure that made sense:D

[TrumanCapote]

@Lionheart

This may be true in some ways, but I think the world plays an important role in showing us who we are in relation to it. It teaches us areas in which we fall short–where we find there is a certain quality we see in others, desire, but lack–and areas in which we aren’t doing too badly. I think both are important lessons in building the person we want to be. But neither needs to be our bench mark, more like a guideline to what greatness could look like. Now, not sure that made sense:D

When it comes to morality. The world has no standards. So if you benchmark with the world, you will never live honorably.

[Lionheart]

@TrumanCapote

When it comes to morality. The world has no standards. So if you benchmark with the world, you will never live honorably.

On that I agree. But on the other hand–I’m not trying to be the devil’s advocate-- it’s necessary not to cut a figure of being too good for the world, since you are in it.