Comparison: The Thief of Joy - The Simplicity Habit
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Comparison: The Thief of Joy - The Simplicity Habit
Insofar as I keep choosing to try to find that satisfaction in finite, created things—whether it’s sex or adoration or beauty or power—I’m going to be caught in a cycle where I’m more and more disappointed in those things and more and more dependent on those things. I keep choosing things with diminishing returns, and when that becomes habitual, an
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
If you want to suffer, compare this moment with your image of how it should be!
Jeff Foster • The Deepest Acceptance
Comparison is the thief of joy and sensible business strategy too
Comparaison et mimétisme deviennent alors des facteurs de souffrance, tandis qu’un esprit de modération peut triompher de l’envie et instaurer en nous un bien-être profond, que l’objet de notre convoitise ne peut nous offrir.