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Can you stop that comparison?

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  As we grow, we get to see everything else around us growing too, be it in terms of advancement in technology or competition amongst people, the former being a good thing obviously but the later may sometimes become extremely dangerous as it may lead to comparison. Competition seems to be healthy only when you willingly tend to take part in it solely because you want to do better. We often hear people saying that we are in competition with none but ourselves, that I believe is the best type of competition and the only type that shall actually exist. Comparison leads to negativity Sadly, there is much more than that, we often see parents building up unnecessary competition amongst their children by comparing them when they know of the fact that all fingers are not equal. They fail to realize the fact that this comparison ruins the bond, the beautiful bond shared by the siblings. Similarly, teachers compare their students when in fact it must be the exact opposite. I still remembe