【Enjoyyourownlifewithoutcomparingitwiththatofanother--MarquisdeCondorcetIfyoutookthestrengthsofothers，andcomparedthemtoyourweaknesses，doyouthinkthiswouldmakeyoufeelgood？Thefunnythingis，thisis（36）___mos】

　　Enjoyyourownlifewithoutcomparingitwiththatofanother

　　--MarquisdeCondorcet Ifyoutookthestrengthsofothers，andcomparedthemtoyourweaknesses，doyouthinkthiswouldmakeyoufeelgood？Thefunnythingis，thisis（36）___mostofusdoatone timeoranother-----andsomeofusdopretty（37）___．

　　It'ssurelyapracticefora（n）（38）___inself-confidenceandforunhappiness．Let'ssayItakealookatsomeonewhocreates（39）___artworkontheirwebsiteandIlookatmyart，andrealizeIdon'tcome（40）___tobeingmatchedwithhim．Infact，Ilookprettypitiful．Butit'snotafair（41）___．IfIlookedatmystrengths-writingusefulandhonestposts-IcanseethatIhavealottooffer，alottobehappyabout．

　　That'ssoimportant---beingabletolookatyourownstrengths，andseeyourtrue（42）___．It'sactuallyoneofthe（43）___tosuccessandhappiness．

　　Iwanttotalkaboutthisissue（44）___anemailfromareaderrecently．Ihavesometeammatesfromveryrichfamilies，Ican'tstopmyselfcomparingmylifestylewith（45）___．Imustsaythatmy（46）___ planningissoundenoughtotakecareofmyexistingfamily；andIcantakecareofnewfamilymembersalso，atleastfor（47）___evenifIlosemycurrentjob．But（48）___Iseeor hearthemspendingsomuchmoneyafterpossessions，Istartcomparing（49）___．HowcanIstopthishabit，withoutchangingjobs？

　　Thisisanexcellentbuttough（50）___．Ithinkit's（51）___tocompareourselvestoothers，butitoftenmakesusunhappyevenifwehaveenoughand（52）___behappywithwhatwehave．Myquickadvice：trytobeawareofwhenyoustartcomparingyourselftoothers…onceyou'vedevelopedthis（53）___，stopyourselfandtellyourself，"Stopthat!"Andthen（54）___thinkingaboutallthethingsyoudohave，thethingsyoulove，thepeopleyouhaveandbeblessingsthat（55）___hasgivenyou．

　　Makethisaregularpractice，andyou'llstarttobehappierwithyourlife．

　　36．AwhyB．thatC．whatD．how37．A．oftenB．seldomC．usuallyD．always38．A．riseB．increaseC．dropD．failure39．A．astonishedB．disappoin