In the House, we were told comparison was a sin.
It was sin to compare what I have to what someone else has, to the way she or he looks, or even to how they act or behavior.

I think the running theory was that the girls in the House needed to be happy with what God supplied to us.    There’s reasons why other people seem more happy, more wealthy, and have a fabulous life, just as there are reasons why some people may envy what the girls have.

Everyone should just he happy with where they are, what they have, and who they’re with.

Right?  Simple concept.
Comparison = sin.

——–>   But, that’s not how it works.
Comparison is one of the forces that drives the globe.
It might even be in the driver seat.

Without comparison, Napoleon would never have become emperor.    Anastasia wouldn’t have become a good cartoon movie.  The founding fathers probably wouldn’t have founded anything if they didn’t compare what a fledgling America could be compared to a British yardstick.

Comparison is a mover and shaker.
It’s not a sin.

However, it is bitter.

I can’t help but compare…
– Outfits.
When I see an outfit that I knew I’d wear when I was 60 pounds lighter but wouldn’t wear now.   I’m reminded of what I could have been, what I was, and what I am now.

– People.
Some women are so thing — wearing my outfits — and I unrealistically picture their lives.   Different than my own, but somehow better.

– Behavior.
I’ve been treated on both sides.  Big people are treated differently than thin.   I don’t know if it’s intentional, a society thing, or genetic, but thin people are treated differently.   They’re treated better.  Heard of white male privilege?    There’s a thin person privilege too.
–  I grew up without out it.   I had it and now it’s gone.   I know enough to see it play out as people walk down the street, when a server interacts with a restaurant patron, or even make eye contact — or the lack of eye contact.

It’s a pitiful side of the world, but horribly fascinating at the same time.
Stereotypical behavior is reinforced and passed to new generations by example — just like the way moms teach their children to be afraid of spiders or how people eat organic without giving thought about what’s in real organic fertilizer.
—  You are what you eat, right?
That’s what drives the GMO movement, but I digress.

I tend to digress a lot, but that’s okay.
I don’t have any homework to do right now.. which I should.  I become nervous when students don’t turn stuff in.
I guess I’m — comparing — the lack of work I have to do right now compared to the heap of organic fertilizer I’ll be shoveling later.

Anywhos, comparison isn’t a sin.
The House has it wrong.
—  Advertising that comparison is wrong is just a way to subjugate the masses.   To make the peasants…  I’m sorry.   The Proletariat… which I’m apart of… to fall in line.

No one never truly not compare.
—  That’s why the fathers said “in pursuit of happiness.”
We’ll never get it.   Comparatively speaking, there will always be someone happier, but at least we can try.

->  Yes, okay, this blog is a bit all over the place too.
It sounded better in my head, as most things do.