Appreciate Without Comparing

Monday, January 25, 2016

Appreciate Without Comparing

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession
as they torment us with their loss.
- Epicurus

Comparisons are odious.
- Old English Saying
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Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
- Douglas Horton

Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous

People generally complain about only two things:
when they have less than yesterday,
and when they have less than their neighbor.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Comparison - Cause of Unhappiness

Expectations - Demands

Ego/Pride

How Much Is Enough?

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