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Yakk · 06-20-2004, 07:08 AM

You possibly need a healthy dose of contempt.

Not for you, but for humanity in general. Really, if you get right down to it, the average person is a pretty sad being.

You won't be the best person in the world, but you will be far above average at things you actually work at. So long as you work at being good at things most people don't work at being good at. . .

It is a tricky balance. You want to compare yourself with your peers, but at the same time you don't want to compare yourself to the best of all of your peers. You will never ever be better at everything than everyone you know of. It is made worse by the media: you are exposed to genius, beauty, people who spend their entire lives perfecting one small facet of themselves. If you attempt to compete with all of them, or even try to keep up, you will not be able to.

Look at your husband, your girlfriend, your siblings, and see them love you. Realize you are very good at some things, and those are the things that matter. If something else matters, you can put in the effort and make yourself good at it, or learn to care less about it.

The change medication/therapists is probably also a good idea. ;-)

06-20-2004, 07:08 AM	#26 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	You possibly need a healthy dose of contempt. Not for you, but for humanity in general. Really, if you get right down to it, the average person is a pretty sad being. You won't be the best person in the world, but you will be far above average at things you actually work at. So long as you work at being good at things most people don't work at being good at. . . It is a tricky balance. You want to compare yourself with your peers, but at the same time you don't want to compare yourself to the best of all of your peers. You will never ever be better at everything than everyone you know of. It is made worse by the media: you are exposed to genius, beauty, people who spend their entire lives perfecting one small facet of themselves. If you attempt to compete with all of them, or even try to keep up, you will not be able to. Look at your husband, your girlfriend, your siblings, and see them love you. Realize you are very good at some things, and those are the things that matter. If something else matters, you can put in the effort and make yourself good at it, or learn to care less about it. The change medication/therapists is probably also a good idea. ;-) __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.