Comparing my insides to someone else’s outsides is a losing proposition. Of course they look better than me! I have no idea what their life is really like. When I look only at the surface of how someone else seems to be, and then make myself worse in comparison, I...
My mind is an active little sucker. It loves to keep busy comparing and contrasting every element in my life. When my mind turns its attention on other people, I’m in for a ride! Sometimes my mind decides that I’m waaaaaay better than others. Sometimes my mind decides...
Dear Meli, One of the hardest things for me on the spiritual path is comparing myself to others. I seem to do it all the time: How I compare to others spiritually, how I compare to others in my physical fitness, how I compare to others in how much money I have....
Dear Meli, I have a friend I have coffee with once a month or so. We recently started hanging out because she shares many of my interests – particularly spiritual interests. At first, it was really cool to talk with some who “got it.” But lately I’ve...
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