Is Comparison Dangerous?
- Breanna Standifer
- Aug 5, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 13, 2023
Good Morning Loves,
This is a loaded question, I know. As humans, we naturally use comparison to categorize things, to measure things. How do we know if something is the biggest or smallest without comparison? The true question is when does comparison become dangerous?
It becomes dangerous when you use comparison to measure your value or worth. It becomes dangerous when you use someone else's experience or journey to determine your progress or where you should be. It becomes dangerous when you see someone's life, blessings, or favor and get angry with them when they are unhappy or unfulfilled.
My prayer for you today is that you are so focused on your own journey, purpose, and future that you only have time and energy to congratulate and encourage others. I hope that your measuring tool is no longer the growth, progress, or blessings of others. Your measuring tool should be the promise God has given you. Are you closer, are you moving in the right direction, if you are not, have you asked Him for direction or course correction?
It's never too late to put down dangerous comparison (it wastes energy, time, and creativity), and pick up the plan (His plan for you). Jeremiah 29:11
I can’t agree more ! Some say that comparison is the killer of creativity. I learned when i ran track that although i was in competition on timing , i couldn’t compare myself to the other runners. i realized that there was no true measuring system for one person that can be applied to another. We could only use what we had individually to get to our personal goal. which was beating our own time tat sometimes resulted in winning or placing in the race you ran . im also learning that comparing our past best next to our current situations aren’t alway the most wise . Because our past self was another version of us essentially another person. When…