Be Incomparable

Life coaches and inspirational speakers often tell us we're not thinking "big" enough. But is the path to happiness and sustainability really to "think big"?

The very concept of "big" makes the mind smaller.

Big is only big in comparison with small, and comparison is the root of our anxiety. You are incomparable. You don't have to think bigger than anybody. And you are uniquely happy, until you begin comparing yourself with others.

Comparison stifles creativity. Comparison doesn't allow us to do what is new, just what is slightly better than the competition.

Beauty doesn't have to be big. Beauty more often lies in the small, the delicate, the local. Beauty happens off the grid of comparison.

Be incomparable.

Painting: 'Tiny Flowers' by Alexis Baranek