Thanks both to you and thenomad for your replies. vijucat, your answer reminds me of Eckhart Tolle[1]. I have a tendency towards depression. And among other th

Thanks both to you and thenomad for your replies. vijucat, your answer reminds me of Eckhart Tolle[1]. I have a tendency towards depression. And among other things I have listened to Eckhart in past to deal with it. And he helped me greatly. I feel like you are right. Intuitively I feel I need to simply acknowledge that these folks are better than me at this thing and I should admire their skill without envy. I feel like it will be a great weight off of me when I am able to do that. And I understand what you mean by you don't know what would follow after that. I have found that in situations where I have stopped fighting 'what is', things have turned out such that the cause of my struggle was removed. 'What is' became 'what I wanted'. Maybe this is what will happen again. I do feel I have the ability to master this frontend development but comparison with others has become a debilitating factor. In any case, I have decided to make my goal #1 to become able to acknowledge others' achievements and skill without pangs of envy. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Eckhart-Tolle/e/B001H6GZ5K http://www.amazon.com/Eckhart-Tolle/e/B001H6GZ5K EDIT: added link to Eckhart Tolle.