The more I look at these pictures the more I love them!

I mean just have a look at the first picture, just two ducks -
minding their own business - walking along,

𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒹𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓈𝒸𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓀,
𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈, 𝓁𝑒𝓉’𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓎, 𝒶 𝓂𝓊𝒹 𝓈𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔. N𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂
𝒽𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓂𝓅, 𝓅𝑒𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒸𝒸𝒶𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓈,
𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒, 𝓈𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓊𝓅 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓃𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝓈 -
𝒩𝒪!

And why Not?

Because they know who they are, and they don't need to look to anyone else to show them how to be a better rendition of themselves.

Oh, and that mud? Well they really couldn't care less because it simple has absolutely NOTHING to do with them - If it is not my wing, it is not my problem.

And why the hell would they want to compare themselves to anyone else? EVER Not going to happen! They are getting the best they can, by doing the best they can, and there is a certain ring of surety to that, I mean if they whole-heatedly know that their every action is with the intent to secure the best possible success rate for them, then there is no point left in comparing their actions to those of others.

I am not saying that you should be going through life with blinkers on, living in a world devised on a self-serving structure;

What I Am Saying Is:

You are still welcome to peer over the fence at your neighbor,
I am simply suggesting that when you do look - You should
insist on making it an encouraging look instead of a condescending one!

When you feel a rising urge to look at the next persons flaws or failures,
keep the following in mind:

• You are not perfect either, so if you are going to be looking at the next persons 'dirty wing' I sincerely hope it is because you are thinking of a way that you can help make it better.
• If someone has fallen and you really want to stare at them in their moment of failure, why not lean in and take a closer look - Face To Face because you will be able to do exactly that while you are helping them up.

And hey, by all means, feel free to look at what the people around you have, just stop faffing about not having as much as the next guy. Would it not be more constructive to faff over those not as privileged as you?
It is hard not to acknowledge that we have so much more than what we need - when we see someone else surviving on a mere fraction thereof. You are allowed to help, you are allowed share - when was the last time you did?

Sorry what was that? You can’t help because you don't have enough money? Why would you assume I was referring solely to financial support?

There are so many different ways for you to help others by sharing what you have, here are a few examples:

• You could have some time to spare for a good cause, or a person in need
of company or assistance.

• That skill set that you mastered, remember how that added value to your life?
You could always hand that down to someone by teaching them, the great thing
about teaching a skill, is that it does not diminish your own skills.

• Sharing some knowledge with someone who could put it to good use is also a great non-financial aid.

And then of course there is the follow-up picture,

hey there's those ducks again - Still minding their own business..
There is also a stalk, just minding his own business, and
if you look a little closer you will see the crocodile just behind him
in the water - wait - is that crocodile about to.... No, never-mind~,
he is also just minding his own business.

𝒲𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓏𝑜𝑜𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝒷𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒
𝑜𝒻 𝒴𝒪𝒰 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒴𝒪𝒰𝑅 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒, 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈
𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒’𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓈.

But what about the role that other people have in your life?

Basically, the simple answer is that it will be the mirrored image of everything that I have mentioned thus far, try to think of a balancing scale, we have already filled the one side of the scale and if we want to get the scale to balance then we need to do the same on this side.

Let me lay this down:

• So, on that side of the scale, we raised a point of always being yourself, and that is what you want to be mirroring to the balancing side. When we mirror self-acceptance, then the acceptance of others is what we end up with on this side. Meaning that you also need to accept other people for exactly who they are, and always be respectful of their journeys, because that is what made them who they are.

• If you ever find yourself on the opposite end of someone else's competing stick, you need to know this; you are under no obligation to encourage a tug of war. Let them be slaves to their own insecurities - those are their issues not yours.

• When you are faced with judgement the best thing you can do is; not to shrink yourself for their comfort because, it is meaningless to keep yourself small - just because other people are not willing to grow. By them issuing judgement, they are merely showing a flaw in their own character - not in yours.

• And lastly, if you are the one who has fallen into the depths of failure, staring up at glaring faces in your bruised state, with no hands to help you up, just smile back at them in the realization that you are picking up some valuable life lessons while you are down there.

𝒜 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝐸𝓍𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒹𝑜𝓂,

𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓂𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓉.

𝒢𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓊𝓈𝑒𝒹.

𝐿𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉.

𝒯𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝒾𝓋𝑒.

𝐿𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝑒𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒.

May your journey be blessed