New Delhi, April 4 -- "Staying where my feet are. Just staying present, not comparing myself to anybody in any type of way." - Lauren Betts

There is a quiet confidence in this line that is easy to miss. Lauren Betts is not talking about achieving something or overcoming something. She is talking about the far harder work of simply being where she is, fully, without measuring herself against anyone else.

The phrase "staying where my feet are" is a physical anchor for a mental discipline. Your feet can only be in one place at a time. So when you stay where your feet are, you choose to be in the present moment rather than drift into comparison, anxiety, or the imagined lives of others.

The second part, "not comparing myself to anybody in ...