Too often, we make comparisons. We look at others and notice that they seem to be better off than us. Or we think, 'At least I don't have it as tough as so-and-so down the road.' We make these judgements on the flimsiest and most superficial of evidence. And weirdly, often, we let those assessments influence us whilst making vital choices. Don't colour your judgement in this way now, especially when looking at how you feel, how others feel and who has true happiness. You're in a better situation now than you know. Some say that success depends at least as much on who you know, as what you know. Much the same can be said for emotional fulfilment. The good news is, you know more people than you think you know! They have more depth, more merit and more kindness in their hearts than even they necessarily realise. And they are better connected than you might imagine. Between you all, there's enough hope, enough love, enough mutual support and enough to celebrate. Where your heart feels a little empty now, soon it will feel full.Sometimes we can be far too quick to judge ourselves. We look at our lives and decide that they are lacking some crucial factor. We conclude that this must imply a failure of some kind. Then, we secretly chastise ourselves for having made poor choices in the past. You can't be sure that your current situation represents 'the result of an error of judgement'. There may yet come a day when you feel glad that things unfolded as they did. Be a little suspicious of your suspicions and more trusting of what's in your heart.Planet Earth. Where else would you rather be? That, of course, is no easy question to answer. We have no experience of anywhere else. Now, there's a funny thing. Why do you imagine they wipe our memories when we get here? We must have once been in another place. We certainly go to another place eventually. So maybe amnesia is simply to stop us remembering how pleasant those places are. In your emotional life , though, there comes a rare chance to know a sense of heaven here in this world. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water...' When English speaking children are barely old enough to speak or think, adults sing them this salutary song. Jack breaks his head open. Jill has a bad accident too! Clearly, in our collective unconscious, we consider it very important to warn all new arrivals on the planet about the dangers of hills... and wells - and couples working together! Yet two people can sometimes. achieve wonderful things as a team and there's no reason to fear disaster: Many people find holidays stressful. They do all the planning, the packing, the getting ready and the covering of responsibilities in their absence. Once they arrive, they have to get used to where they have come to. By the time they settle in, it is time to leave. Some say that life itself is a holiday - a brief vacation from a world that we inhabited before we arrived here, and will return to once we depart. If so, surely it is supposed to be enjoyed!