Comparing yourself to others can backfire.  Be sure to appreciate the good things about yourself, and acknowledge your hardships and efforts, too.  This is an important point.  I’m glad that an anonymous poster commented about this, this week, in response to my blog about face transplant recipient, Connie Culp.

“My Mother also used to use this argument on me if I ever went to her
with a problem. She would say “Look at so and so over there. They have
it so much worse than you. They sure don’t sit around and feel sorry
for themselves”.
This wasn’t the only thing that caused me to feel a lot of undeserved
guilt in my life, but it did contribute. However, I certainly
understand what Mr. Chumley is trying to say.”

Thank you, I appreciate what you said, too. Guilt is not very useful.  Neither is shaming, which it sounds like you endured, unfortunately.

Take a look at the original article I wrote on Connie Culp right here, and post your comment please.  Tell us about yourself.  I’m sure YOU are inspiring, too.