We spend way too much time measuring ourselves up to others.  Whether it is style, fashion, successes or failures, we are always checking against the measure of others to see where we stand.

Thank goodness that God doesn't judge the way that we do.  If so, we would've all been struck down thousands of years ago - probably way before the notion of monotheistic religion came into the picture.  Phew!

We are always looking to others to see where we stand, where the only measure we can truly count ourselves up against is ourselves.  We can strive to be as good, beautiful, rich, happy as others; but we never will.  There will always be someone else that one-ups us.

When pondering whether or not I am ever going to be a truly "good" person, I was told that it doesn't matter who I am, when I arrive at the gates of heaven.  If I did the best I could do with what I had, that is what counts and it doesn't matter if I was like Abraham or Moses.  We are each our own form of unique, and that is great.

I may not believe in heaven per say, but I certainly know that I am the best me that I can be.  And nobody can take that away from me with their skewed measurement system.

Try to keep an eye on your thoughts and actions.  Be proud of who you are and work with what you have - you don't need to prove yourself to anyone but yourself.

I feel the need to continue on what I wrote last week, but more as an offshoot of a topic that came up rather than the issue of the refugees themselves.