You've probably heard the saying, comparison is the thief of joy. And that is the truth, guys. When we compare ourselves, here's what we're doing. We're comparing ourselves to a version of us that doesn't even exist. Instead of looking at our own strengths, and instead of looking at what's so good about us and what we have to offer, we're constantly looking at other people's highlight reels. At the end of the day, that's what they are. They're just highlight reels and you don't have any idea what struggles someone else has gone through to get there. Maybe you think that they're successful, but they think you are successful.
Maybe someone else is looking at you and saying, oh, she's got a good, like, she's making things look so easy when deep down everyone is struggling with something. 1:03 We're on our own journey. We're on our own path. But this path requires us to love ourselves, to nurture ourselves, to appreciate what we have to give. Then only others can see that. But we don't wanna go to a place of ego where we're constantly looking at other people and judging them because we ourselves do not like to be judged.
Who likes to be judged? I know each and every one of us do it, and sometimes it triggers us. And that goes back to our inner child. You know, comparing ourselves to the popular girl, comparing ourselves to the mo, more successful photographer. That shouldn't happen. If you just focus on yourself with those rose-colored glasses that you were born with and just continue along your journey, your path, your wants and needs, then all will be good. But you need to do some simple things every single day. You need to look at yourself in the mirror and say, I love you. You are enough. You have so much to give. You are unique in your own way. There's only one of you.
