Ant is not small.

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Once, an ant compared itself with an elephant to find itself too small and got into worry. His friend pointed out the real strengths in the ant, "You may be small in one aspect, but you are incomparably big in many: you are purpose-driven, excellent team-player, service-minded, and hard worker. You are one and only of your kind in God's creation!" Thus, the ant became happy again and sang, "I am not small; I am different...I am unique... I am special."

Many times we get into the habit of comparing ourselves with others in terms of material possessions, lifestyle, or success. It only leads to unhappiness and affect our confidence upon finding ourselves lacking. Sometimes we may even feel depressed, discontented, jealous, or hateful. The actual problem lies in our way of thinking. If we revisit out thoughts, we can easily solve the problem.

Here are a few ways of overcoming the habit of comparing and the associated bitter feeling.

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• Develop self-awareness. We should explore our thoughts to become aware of any such habits. Determine to overcome it. 
• Focus on our strengths instead of grumbling on weaknesses. 
• We should feel proud of our strengths and celebrate them. 
• We should feel blessed about what we have. 
• It is okay to be what we are; nobody in the world is perfect. 
• We should understand that we are on the journey of improvement. Always there is scope for us to become what we want to become. Every day we are going to be better than yesterday. 
• We should allow sufficient time for our betterment and should be optimistic. 
• We should genuinely love others. Then we can appreciate their accomplishments and feel glad. 
• We should realize that we are unique and have a special place in God's plan, which is not comparable to anyone else.