Comparison
Comparison is the Thief of Joy
We know this and yet we still compare ourselves to each other.
Have you noticed that we usually compare another’s best strength to our worst weakness?
Doing this lowers our self-confidence, which changes the way we’re able to show up in the world as our best self.
How do we break the habit of comparing?
- Be aware you’re doing it. Most of the time we compare unconsciously – we don’t even realize we’re doing it. If we’re paying attention and recognizing when we’re doing this, we will be able to stop.
- Count your blessings. Focus on what you do have and what you’ve already been blessed with.
- Focus on your strengths. We all have them and they are all unique. Celebrate them.
- Don’t knock others down. Don’t be a bully, or a gossip. After all, this isn’t about them, it’s about you.
- Learn to love “enough”. If you always want what others have, you will never have enough. You will always want more, and more, and more. It’s an endless cycle that will never lead to happiness. Realize that you have enough, you do enough, and you are enough.
