Abraham Lincoln was not very beautiful, his face was ugly. And that was a torture. In fact, when he stood for the president ship, he had no beard. In his campaign, a small girl suggested to him, ‘If you grow a beard, you will look a little better. ‘Hence, he grew the beard. But he remained constantly aware of his ugliness. He became the President….but whenever he would see a beautiful face he would feel hurt.
Napoleon Bonaparte was not very tall, just five-five---. He remained disturbed for his whole life. Now, nothing is wrong in being five-five. What is wrong in being five-five? And what is wrong in being five-five? Nothing is going to happen, you will be the same-five-five or five-seven or five-nine makes no difference. But he was tremendously troubled—he was so conscious of it. One day he was trying to fix a picture on the wall and the picture was a little higher than him, and his body guard said,’ Sir, I am higher than you, I will do it’ He said,’Stop! Never utter such a word. You are taller, not higher.’
He was very conscious about it—higher? Say you are taller; don’t say higher!’
Now if even Napoleon is not happy, who can be?
People who compare can never be happy.
Ego is comparison,
Ego is your invention,
God has not given you any ego; he has certainly given you individuality.
Individuality means your uniqueness----
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