SUFFER NO PAIN ---DONT COMPARE AND BE GRATEFUL

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If you ask me how i look at life some 22yrs ago,
i would say i thought i would be very rich by now.
Back then some 22yrs ago when i left my secondary school, i was happy.
I thought i will be in the university in the next year but i wasnt.
I thought i would go the best university in the world but i didnt
. I thought i would be a nurse but i am not.
I thought i would get rich quickly but i didnt.
I had thought that as beautiful as i was, i would marry an American, but i didnt.
I thought i would get a good job as fast as possible with my skills but i didnt.
Life, i learnt you are not a bed of roses, i had thought you will be rossy, but you werent.

Let me think for you.
What if we turn the case upside down?
Some 35yrs ago, you didnt know you will be born, but you were.
Some 30yrs ago, you thought you would die but did you?
people thought you will not graduate from school, did you?
You thought no job today, it may be hard finding one, was it?
Am ugly, no man will love me, did they?
I cant make it, arent you?havent you?

WORRIES! ANXIETIES! PESSIMISM! what would the world do without you?
the World will be a better place without you.
It will be a good place, a place from from high blood pressure
As i sit in my dark room, thinking about what i have got out of life,
i found every reason to be grateful to God.
Whatever you think you ought to have got and you havent,
relax, pray about it and work hard , your tomorrow will be better.
Count your blessings and not compare your self with anyone.
If you must, then compare your self with the dead.
Tonight i feel so sad and unhappy, this is because someone told me what i didnt do right,
which if i had done it "right" my life would have been better.
i stayed sad on my bed motionless thinking about it.
Regrets right? No. Thats bad for me, i regret no shit.
Maybe he is right, i COULD have been better,
but maybe not alive anymore.Dont you think?
I may have lost my relationship with God.
I got sad and unhappy how materialism has glued
his eyes that he cannot not see how grateful I am for my life

Many look at themselves as failures and compare /measure other people's success with theirs. This leads many to jealousy , some even commit suicide cos they feel worthless. They feel so much pain because they are not like others. Pain is so painful and the worse thing about it is seen below:

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I am who i am today because i accepted to be who i am. But i will become whom i choose to become tomorrow because i am standing up today to fight. So rather than wallow in self pity and remain in pain, change what you do today for your tomorrow to be better. You cant change your life until you change the things you do every day. Make the right choices and be at it consistently, you will see the huge difference
Note this:
You can only learn if others have gone ahead of you, so if you find they are ahead, dont compare, dont be discouraged, be glad that they are there to show you how to grow too and follow. According to Jim Rohn, "You cant change your destination over night but you can change your direction overnight".
Stay blessed, no regrets.

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