If you think life is a competition, you’ve already lost the race.

Are you still living in compare and compete mode in your life? Do you still have a feeling of inadequacy?

Do you feel as if there is still something that you have to achieve in this life to validate your existence?

If so, it’s high fucking time to change that mindset.

When I first began my journey into healing and spirituality my mind always got the best of me. I was deep in my competition programming. I would look out into the world and begin to see all of the things that others had acquired or were doing and immediately get discouraged. I would either get jealous because I feel as if I was incapable of being that amazing, or I would try to outdo the person I had chosen for competition. It sounds ridiculous to me now that I behaved that way, but it is definitely a truth.

I had reached the top of every goal that I had set. I had out ran the people that I was competing against, only to see that I was running in the wrong fucking race.

So, in all honesty, I lost before I even started.

I was so tired and so drained because I wasn’t meant to race through my life the way that I was. The saying, “Life is a marathon, not a sprint.” , never made more sense than it did in that moment of reflection. I realized that there is only one runner in my life marathon, and it’s me. Embarrassing, but nothing a little forgiveness work wouldn’t fix.

In order to change my ‘compare and compete’ programming I had to unplug. I deleted all of my social media accounts for eight months until I got my shit together. I turned my focus from looking out at the world to looking into myself. I worked until I healed that trauma inside of me.

I am now able to honor my own personal journey, and respect another’s individual journey as theirs.

As I dug even deeper, and sat with myself, I was able to see the truth of the matter. I know that there is no other human that brings to the table what I bring to the table. I am an original. I was sent here to experience life as myself for the Divine. That is the dope part about being human. I get to have a human experience as a spiritual being. I get to realize my connection to God. How amazing is that?!!

All of that running only to realize what I was chasing was inside the entire time. Super Wizard of Oz-like. Lol!

Now I can chill. Now I can go at my own pace and take life in, one experience at a time. The life that I am building is a beautiful sight to see. I am just happy that I get to be present in its creation this time.

Comparison is indeed the thief of joy, because it provokes competition. Take a minute to evaluate if you are letting competition steal your much deserved joy, and put an end to it.