Yes, a lot of people get caught in that trap -- of trying to please /or outdo others. It doesn't work. There is always someone who has more -- the biggest -- the best. -- the prettiest... Or they are better at doing something...I think this is important to touch on this subject on this forum. Because I saw too many people later in their life, confessing - I thought I will be more interesting to others, more deserving of their attention, respect, after making a lot of money/becoming successful/famous. We can still make money from the place of wholeness. But trying to fill up some deep need felt, with money will only take years of work, to realize it was never the answer... Right here, right now I am enough and you are enough. A story about planting a seed told with a big passion can be as interesting, as a story about closing an important business deal in an exotic place on earth. It all depends on the passion, energy that these words carry.
You have always had all the power - I wish everyone living on earth trusted this truth...
That chase leads to a "hungry heart" and forever unhappiness.