All That Glitters

Things Are Not Always What They Seem

A guy met one of his school mates several years after school and could not believe his eyes: his friend was driving one of the latest sleek Mercedes Benz cars. He went home feeling awful and very disappointed in himself. He thought he was a failure.
What he did not know was that his friend was a driver and had been sent on an errand with his boss's car!

Rosemary nagged her husband always for not being romantic. She accused him of not getting down to open the car door for her as her friend Jane's husband did when he dropped her off at work;
What Rosemary did not know was that Jane's husband's car had a faulty door that could only be opened from the outside!

Sampson's wife went to visit one of her long-time friends and was very troubled for seeing the 3 lovely children of her friend playing around. Her problem was that she had only one child and had been struggling to conceive for the past five years;
What she did not know was that one of those children who was the biological child of her friend had sickle cell and had just a year to live : the other two are adopted!

Life does not have a universal measuring tool; so create yours and use it.
Looking at people and comparing yourself with them will not make you better but bitter.
If you knew the sort of load the camel carries, you wouldn't ask why it takes those gentle strides :
So be thankful to God for what you have and enjoy it. You never know, someone may earnestly be praying for what you don't appreciate but take for granted.