The Power of Self-Love: Breaking Free from Comparison

If competition feels healthy to you, then participate. If it feels as though you've lost or will feel anything other than genuine support or happiness for whoever is deemed the winner, this is anything other than joy—it is not healthy for you. Comparison is used as a measure only and is best when comparing where you were to how far you have come, rather than measuring yourself against another in order to feel better or worse about yourself.

Does a flower become angry at another for having more petals, being a different color, or having a different fragrance? No, and that would be the comparison of you to any of the other unique souls that you’d compare yourself to. You are individually beautiful and valued the most, worthy of everything when you place the value and attention upon yourself and how you feel about you. Feel your worth and your worthiness. No thing or no one can take that away from you; only yourself. How you feel toward you is reflected in how you feel outwardly toward others. If you criticize or condemn others, it is in direct relation and proportion to how you feel about yourself. Use that as your only unit of comparative measure.

When you speak or think of others, determine if it is in a way that feels good to you, brings you pleasure, or does it have an acidic feel within you? The saying "judge not lest ye be judged" from long ago is so accurate. The judging or comparison of others is exactly equal to that which you heap upon yourself. Allow the non-condemnation of pure love that surrounds you to smooth your vibrational field. It is there always to soften you. Feel into that with a few soft breaths and eyes closed. You are loved, valued, and worth all the love that is there for you in unlimited measure.