The Dangers of Comparison.

I’m sitting at the airport.

I have my earbuds in.  I’m jamming to some Avett Brothers.  And I just realized something.

I am people watching.  (Duh, we all do.)  But I realized that I was comparing myself to all the women I saw.  My hair, my clothes, my nail polish color, my body.  And although I am completely confident in who I am, and I love myself, I realized that I often felt inferior.

I didn’t like where my internal dialogue was going as I was watching these women.  Why am I telling myself that my hair isn’t long enough and I’m not skinny enough and I probably should have worn something other than my usual yoga clothes?  I am flawless just the way I am.  And, in fact, there are so many humans who love me just the way I am.

Why do we constantly compare ourselves to each other?  We are all absolutely beautiful, flawless, LOVED human beings.

I can’t help but wonder, what if we all just stopped being creatures of comparison, and began telling ourselves how amazing we are?  What if we all decided to love ourselves unconditionally?  What if we were all confident in who we are right here, right now?

I can’t help but think that our world would be a better place.  And not just that.  Our personal lives would be better.  Our relationships would be better.  We would be loving, trusting, thriving, confident, creative, BEAUTIFUL humans.

And that’s all I’m thinking right now.  Comparison does nothing for us but bring us down.

The only person we should compare ourselves to is the person we were yesterday.

You are flawless.