Comparison

Why do people like to compare and compete with each? Is it a natural instinct that we have which came from evolution to make us strive better and become stronger in order to survive in this world?

There's more than 101 things that humans can compare.
Atheletic ability
Wealth
Results
School
Salary
Looks
Popularity
...

We can never ever be satisfied if we're always comparing because no matter how rich, how smart or how pretty, there will always be someone out there in the world who is richer, smarter and prettier. Comparison not only makes someone constantly unsatisfied and unhappy, it also results in a unbalance mindset where you always feel that you're not good enough, it also hurts relationships which results in the suffering of the physical and mental health.

Everyone must have been exposed to some kind of comparison in this cruel world. People comparing with others, especially relatives. Not all comparison comes from other people comparing you with others, but also from I comparing myself with others. It's really not a good feeling, cause it really really really makes you feel inferior.

Maybe certain amount of comparison is good as it acts as a source of motivation but too much of it is really detrimental. I wonder if one day I can really be genuinely satisfied with the person that I am and the things that I have.  因为要知足能才能尝乐。