"I wept because I had no shoes, until I saw a man who had no feet."?

Of course all suffering is subjective. But I would say although the man without shoes can potentially lose his feet, it is not guaranteed that he will. There is a chance that he can earn enough money to afford them, be granted charity and someone who just hands him a pair, or make his own pair. The man without shoes has no reason to pity himself. Zen master Ch'eng-t'ien said, "Poverty at home is not yet poverty; poverty on the road saddens people to death."

At least the man without shoes can direct himself down the path he chooses to follow.

Your argument has value for short duration.

A man with foot but without shoe can walk interior with his foot in side the house freely and can do his work without extra support.When he go out for his need ,first he will suffer and during times his foots will get immunized for the climate and the environment and he will do his walk out side freely.

A man without foot has no beneficiary of the foot and he will need support where ever he go,inside or outside he becomes burden to himself,So he feel very sad than the man with foot.

So ,for long duration of life the phrase has the value.

It means that sometimes to make one's self feel better, it's a good strategy to think about your own personal situation from the perspective of somebody in much worse shape.

A broke man with a house is still living like a King compared to the guy living behind the dumpster of a K-Mart.

You're overthinking it. You had it right before you went off on a tangent. The point is that if you think you have problems, there is always someone else who is worse off and you should consider yourself lucky not to be in that situation. It's a metaphor, not meant to be taken so literally.

Not if your feet hurt from all the wounds they get from walking bare brother.

So in fact the man with no legs might be better than you,

So it's just a matter of perspective,

Also the man with no feet might have something to be thankful for when he sees you just as well.

You kind of explained it yourself, by saying that there is probably someone worse off than you so you shouldn't cry about it. Although I don't think it's due to a lack of self control.

Learn to accept and appreciate what we have because in life, we think we lack "something" but there are others, somewhere in this vast universe who we are not aware of, who really don't have "anything at all" but still have the courage to live and strive harder in life just to survive..

Always lamented the loss of too much, and have too little. When the peace of mind after, to discover what you really need.

yes all ways look on the bright side of life, there all ways some one worse off than you.

Woah i was not expecting that...lol