It's probably more accurate to say that it's a quadrant with the axes being 'comparison' and 'gratitude'. Being high on gratitude and high on comparison account

It's probably more accurate to say that it's a quadrant with the axes being 'comparison' and 'gratitude'. Being high on gratitude and high on comparison accounts for your quadrant of possibilities. It seems like the moral is to either be lower in comparison, or higher in gratitude. Or both :)