Don’t compare yourself to anyone
The world we live in is very given to comparisons. From a young age they compare us with other children and, consciously or not, they compare our way of being and acting.
Competitiveness also forces us to compare our actions and our lives with those of others.
Advertising and the media also offer us social models that force us to continually compare ourselves with those around us.
What should we do in these situations in which we are compared and we compare ourselves with others?
– It is best to compare yourself. Ask yourself how you were last year around this time and how you are now.
– Learn to accept personal differences. Each person is unique and different. There will always be people with better and worse qualities than you.
– Learn to enjoy the differences you have and try to learn from those of others.
– Do not believe the messages of perfection that are released through the media. Nobody is perfect, although in the advertisements they want us to see that yes, there are complete people in every way.
– Find in yourself what aspects you can improve and grow. Surely you have more than one sleeping quality waiting to come out. Develop aspects in which you would have always liked to do something. If you feel good about yourself you will not need to compare yourself with others. If you want to improve your external image you may want to look like anyone, but do not compare yourself.
– Develop your self-esteem based on your own values and your own worth.
– Live well inside your own skin. And set yourself challenges to improve yourself, without looking at others.
– Although we do not compare ourselves with anyone, we must not forget that we must see our failures, limitations and weaknesses to overcome them.
Are all comparisons bad?
No. There are comparisons that are necessary. This happens when we have a person who serves as a role model for us, as long as it does not undermine our self-esteem and we are clear at all times that, although in that facet he is superior to us, in some others we are different and perhaps better than him.
Comparisons that are going to produce complexes, envy, internal rejection on our part are not convenient either. This comparison is not the result of the desire to grow but of personal non-acceptance. We have to compare ourselves to grow, not to sink further into our own mediocrity.
Ask the Lord to grow in faith and grow as a person.
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