This applies to so many situations in life such as

A lot of good qualities in our kids that we neglect to acknowledge or celebrate while we are busy trying to make them perfect

Resources such as time, money and help we have at hand that we neglect to see and use as we look to acquire the resources we are missing

 Our areas of strength that we ignore and do not capitalize on while putting all our energy in working on our areas of weakness

Happy and successful aspects in our life that we do not pay attention to or nurture as we try to perfect our lives to the ideal version in our head

 Achievements and success in our life we forget to celebrate in the process of continuously seeking bigger and better achievements and successes

An aspect that is missing in our life that we see when we compare our life to that of others around us. We feel we want it and need it for our life to be complete, not because of its importance to us but because it is missing

A relation that gives us a lot of the fundamentals but is missing something we really want but could live without or replace or deal with with some creativity

The only way out is to count our blessings every day and be grateful and thankful in our hearts for what IS there ! And to spend as much time enjoying our life as we spend trying to make it better

To do that, we need to put everything in perspective, and not give too much weight to things that are not meant to be ours so that we do not blow them out of proportion inside our own heads and believe they are the most important ingredient for our happiness !