One way to look at our lives is a path through the forest.

There are many forests all over the world and each has their own obstacles different to the individuals.

We cannot compare our lives to the lives of others as our paths are all different. The choices we make in life, our childhood experiences, our adolescent experiences, and our adult experiences are what guide the course of our paths and how we face obstacles/challenges.

When we look back behind us, the path we walked is covered in stones that represent what guided us. We do not go back in life; we would have to relive things. We get stalled with an obstacle, such as uneven ground, a tree limb, a fallen tree, a boulder, a mud hole, etc.

How we approach the obstacle is how we move forward on life’s path. No two paths are alike, comparing them is unfair as there are differences in the stones behind you and differences in what lies in the path ahead of you.

Just because one friend is at a certain status in life does not mean that is where you should be.

You both have had different life experiences and your paths are not the same.