Comparison Is a Mirage

Another rep rings the gong.  
Lands the whale.  
Posts the leaderboard screenshot.

Ego flinches.  

But Buddha reminds:  
There is no fixed “self” to measure
just causes and conditions unfolding.

Their pipeline.  
Their timing.  
Their decade of groundwork.

Different river, different current.

Step out of the side-by-side photo.  

Look at your feet.  
Where are you now?  

What lever can you pull?  
What lesson can you lift?

Envy shrinks focus.  
Curiosity expands it.

Trade scoreboard spying for skill sharpening.

Celebrate their win.  
Then return to your breath, your dial, your path.  

Progress measured only against yesterday’s you.