No Competition

Walking this morning in the sunshine, noticing the cherry blossoms in bloom, all felt right and peaceful in the world. Then a neighbor told me how blue she was feeling over her visit with her lovely sister. Why? Because she thinks her sister is more attractive than she is. She is the "ugly sister". How often we create our own misery, simply be standing next to another and deciding that we are lacking! Comparison is, indeed, the root of all suffering.