I want to value small growth more than someone else's 'success'

Every time I compare myself to someone else's success,
I end up searching only for what I lack.

It becomes painful to be that kind of person,



so instead of comparing myself to someone else's success,


I want to compare myself

to the failures
of the me from that day.

Like being able to smile a little more than yesterday,

or something I couldn't do before
that I managed to do just a little bit today,


I want to be someone who can
rejoice in such small changes.

If I can grow more than the me from that day

and the current me can smile,
that is enough.

Because the me who spent today
with a smile

will surely lead the me of tomorrow
to smile as well.

It is okay to be slow.

It is not anyone else's life,

but my own life.

I want to keep gently watching over

the days where I can be myself

and spend even a little more time smiling.