The Crush of Comparison

Comparisons will kill you. Faster than lightning can split a tree, comparing your life to someone else will crush your very Soul. Eat away at it until all that's left is a crusty, bitter wisp that was once YOU. Without any semblance of Hope. With nary a trace of Joy.

Comparisons will CRUSH YOU.

Social media has an enormous impact on the millions who seem not to know how to live any other way. Many people live their lives precariously through others' videos, photos, SnapChats, Tweets, etc., ad nauseum. It's as if they don't know how to actually LIVE.  Instead, they spend their waking lives with their heads bent over a SmartPhone, watching the world through that six inch screen, wishing it was their life.

It is as annoying as it is terrifying.

And with every luxury home and snazzy car and new wardrobe and snappy pair of shoes and endless stream of vacation pictures and large-spread gourmet meal, the people who are not so "blessed" cringe and wish and shrink ... and die a little more.

"Oh how I wish I could live in that house."

"Wouldn't it be wonderful to vacation like that?"

"I'll bet that car rides like a dream."

"I'd give my left arm for those boots."

"If only I had a body like that."

"I will never get to...."

Little by little, the dreams of the Have-Nots get dimmer and dimmer, until they are lost in the mists, never to be dreamt again.

CRUSHING.

I hope that as you read this, you will understand just how detrimental to your Soul these comparisons are. I hope you will forgo the envy and turn off your phone or laptop or tablet or iPad or whatever device you've got your face buried in...and DO SOMETHING that makes your Soul SING. Do something that makes you laugh or bring a smile to someone else's face of causes a critter to purr with love.

I hope you will remember that you are enough
and that you matter
and that nothing is impossible
and that whatever it is that makes your heart dance is the thing that counts the most
and that you are loved
and
your dreams are YOURS.

Leave everybody else out of it.

Comparisons will crush you.

JUST. STOP.

if you could take a pill....

Top 'O the mornin', Ya'll ~ Please pardon my absence. I have been immersed and distracted; that is all I will say about that. Today is a new day and I am in full swing once again. I have missed my time with you...and yes, it feels that way to me. When I write, I am with you and you are with me. Goofy, perhaps. But true nonetheless.

Anyhoooo.....

A while back I posed this question to give everyone a nudge to take pause. It was not my question to begin with. Rather it was a question a friend had asked whilst we were on our way to see the fireworks in our lovely little village. The car was full to capacity with people, picnic baskets and lounge chairs for our viewing pleasure. As we rode, she asked this question:

"If you could take one pill, knowing without question that it would change ONE thing in your life forever, what would it be?"

I thought it one of the best questions I'd ever heard. Immediately, my mind began racing. What would I change that would directly affect every single thing in my world? What would I want to change that would ripple out and then change everything else?

Luckily, I had a few minutes to come up with my answer because I was on the far side of the car. There would be 3 people ahead of me. Time enough to give it considerable thought; not enough time to let my 'logic' get in the way of my instincts. Time enough to go from curiosity to giggles. And since I was so focused on my own 'answer', I did not hear the responses of the others. Probably a good thing too. The car was loaded with 'nay-sayers'. Not really my cup of tea, if ya know what I mean.

Anyway...now I sit here, remembering that moment and my response, and also wondering if I would give the same answer today. Which is why I'm bringing it up again. I'm going to spend a little time with this today. So I thought it might be fun to put it out there for you too.

The only other question that remains now is:

Do I tell you my answer or not?

Whaddya think?