Human beings tend to compare.  They compare each other to those around them.  Years ago, a friend of mine and I went on a walk to the park at twilight.  On the way back our conversation shifted to how people compare themselves to others.  About how people comparatively judge themselves and those around them, positively or negatively.  She cited a study in which people, who watch media featuring able and attractive actors, will rate their partners lower, after recently viewing the media.

This made me think.  Of course we all do this.  I do this, and so do most people.  In fact, much of my unhappiness is usually linked to judging myself too harshly. Often, the root of that judgement is based on how I compare myself with others.  I thought, what is a more holistic, and truer type of perspective that could transcend such a viewpoint.

I realized that we could all look at ourselves as unique, and offering a unique perspective on the universe.  That we could focus on this aspect of ourselves, instead of looking at how we compare to others.

If, by looking at ourselves and others as unique, creative individuals, we can see each person’s value and beauty.  Life is never truly the same twice.  Life tends to favour uniqueness, especially the more complex it becomes.  Human beings are some of the most complex forms of life that we know of.  We are one of the only species that can truly be creative.

Each person looks at the universe in a creative way, in their own personalized perspective.  Even if this perspective is not shared, it is an act of creation.  It is infused with its own meanings, symbolism and value.

Each day, each one of us is taking in input from our five senses, interpreting the input in our own way, and creating our own perspective of that matter.  The only problem is that few of us ever notice that we are constructing complex and fantastic perspectives, since we are so focused on how we are comparing to others.  If we could see how unique each one of us were, and celebrate our uniqueness, and others, we would find a much healthier way to view our place in the world, without needing to constantly compare ourselves to others.

For, at the very least, we are creators of unique perspectives, artists interpreting and creating the world every moment.