Subscribe to Non-Comparison
You have complete permission to subscribe to non-comparison when it comes to your purpose and journey. Frankly, your journey is unique to who you are created to be and it is not meant to be a parallel to someone else’s journey. You are giving away your mental, emotional, and spiritual power when you are proactively allowing yourself to be stuck in the comparison trap. A comparison trap may look like lamenting about the fact that a desire has not come to fruition yet while someone else appears to have that same desire you are longing for. Consider the fact that desires are about timing and that you have not received them due to the necessary preparation before they arrive. Matter of fact, it was simply their season and appointed time in their journey to receive. The caveat is that if you try to will something to your life before its time and forgo the preparation season - you may end up squandering what was meant to be yours.
You are being empowered to subscribe to non-comparison to not only keep your joy in tact, but to also rest in the knowing that your journey is your journey. There is no one to compete with, compare to, and to try to keep up with when you are confident in the plan God has for you. People endure seasons of trials, praying without ceasing, loss, set backs, and preserving to get to the better part of their journey. What you may be witnessing is their harvest season without the full view of what it took to get there. If you knew what they had to endure to get to the good part, would you be equipped to handle it? In reality, each of us have peculiar adversities that are meant to build our character, shift our mindset, and equip us. Comparison is a futile habit that only robs you of your inner peace and joy. Keep your heart and mind aligned to stay focused on the special journey God designed especially for you. Go ahead, click the unsubscribe button on comparison, your life will be better for it.
Joy Gem: “We won’t be distracted by comparison if we are captivated with purpose.” - Bob Goff
