blog #10

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." -Ernest Hemingway

I believe there is a lot of validity in this quote. Basically, he is saying instead of trying to be better than everyone else, try to be the best version of yourself possible. Life is not a competition between you and your peers. You shouldn't live your life trying to be better than the next person, and constantly comparing yourself to others. Don't worry about what everyone else is doing with their lives and focus on your own. Once you can do this, you will lead a much happier life. Always comparing yourself to others and trying to become better than them is exhausting and unrealistic, because no two people are the same. Everyone's meant to be different, to accomplish different things and to just be different human beings in general. There's no scale to measure if you're "better than someone else" so why try? Be yourself, be happy, and be whatever you want to be and then you will gain true nobility. Become better than the person who you were the day before instead of trying to be better than everyone else around you.