Why do I do it?

I try so hard not to… and then I go on doing it.

I look at others and I do it.

I look at what I have accumulated and … yep again I am doing it!

I look at what I have achieved in life thus far and yes you guessed it, I am doing it again. I look at my past…. Oh you get what I am saying.

I know it is not productive and yet I go and do it again and again

I compare.

Everything around me, everyday gives me the message that this is ok, like it is a normal thing to do, yet it is hardly ever productive.

Sure comparing at times may be something that can be helpful, however for me, I often come out of it feeling like I have been ‘left short’, ‘not good enough’ or ‘unaccomplished’. Not mindsets that I find helpful or encouraging.

And this morning in my reading, I was reminded again of how destructive it can be for me to do this. The directive, the clarity around how and why this is not helpful for me, how I can never measure up to what ‘someone else’ is.

Why?

Because I am unique, one of kind, my story is one of kind, my life and witness is one of a kind.

Yes, it is good that there is only one me!

But with this I am now feeling more encouraged and inspired to stop and to reflect, but also to be thankful – for all that my life has been, the many lessons learnt and for the many blessings. It is with this encouragement that I believe I will not have the focus to begin the act of comparing again, so that I can be the best ME.

I am not to be someone else, I have to simply be me. After all everyone else is taken!

Yes this will be a daily challenge I know, but I will remind myself daily of what God so gently reminded me of this morning……

Galatians 5:26

That means we are not to compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better or another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.

Deb

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