Comparing Losses

“The time has come to stop looking at one another as different or better or worse. We must stop comparing ourselves through our collection of assets and accomplishments. We can relinquish our judgment and accept our shared human existence however varied it may seem from one person’s experience to the next. We are all challenged by the same core lessons, the same types of opportunities and the same compounding fears. We are all grounded in the basic need to love ourselves and to be loved by those around us.” – Seth David Chernoff,
Manual for Living: A User’s Guide to the Meaning of Life