Your worst enemy: comparison

This should be obvious but many people fall into the mistake of comparing themselves to others. All jealousy is born out of comparison, why don't I have what this person does? How can I get it? This mindset is dangerous as in reality you are always going to find someone that is better (or seems to be) in every aspect of your life. Everyone is brought up in different circumstances and situations. We all experience different things over the course of your life. Focuses change with time. The key is to strive for what you want and ignore what other external factors have to say on the matter. Many people seem to inherently think that their life is somehow much worse then others, when in truth you have no idea what those other people have been through and how they really feel. It can create a paradox in which one person is jealous of another for one thing and the other is jealous of another for a different thing. Realising that you can only be you and there are many things that you should be grateful for yourself is the best way to begin to deal with this. The reality is your never gonna know how someone else feels so why bother trying to?