Comparison
You know that you have been blessed but then you start comparing. You know that you are strong and you have made it through so much but then you start comparing. You know that you are smart and have life experience but then you start comparing.
The insecurities of life come not from what we lack but from our affinity to constantly compare every aspect of our life to someone who appears to do it or to have it better.
We look at someone who appears to have more wealth and feel our lack. We look at someone who appears to have a better body and feel out of shape. We look at someone who appears smarter and feel undereducated. We look at someone who appears to have robust health and we feel weak. We look at someone who appears to have better relationships and we feel wanting.
We constantly compare ourselves to the parts of many, many people but we compare them all to just one of us. How could we not come up lacking in such a process?
Constant comparison is the drain plug at the well of our self esteem. It is a foolish pastime that serves no one except the hucksters that prey upon those who are caught up in the web of constant comparisons.
If you see someone who appears to have more of something than you have, stay away from constant comparisons. Use them as motivation if you wish but always say “Bless you and your special talent”. When you honor the talents of another person you become immune to the despair that constant comparison brings with it.
Remember, everyone is born with certain talents. Talents that are specific to the life you are meant to live. Your talents were never meant for just comparison. You were meant to find joy, purpose and gratitude in them. Know that you are unique and wonderful beyond compare.
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