Beyond Compare

It is easy to fall into
the
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of comparison.
Seeing others so successful
creates a sense of anxiety
that we should be further
along
than we are.
How diminishing this is
to our power, to our
creativity, to our journey.

Do not stifle yourself
by romanticizing others'
Accomplishments.
You do not know their struggle
their demons...
their skeletons.
For we all have had
darkness in our life.
It would be foolish to think
that someone has risen to
success without difficulty.
Struggle is a necessary component.
For how can one truly
become something great
without understanding how
it feels to be the underdog?
This is not saying you must stay in the
vibration of struggle.
It is merely a checking point,
a mile within the marathon.
What are you learning from this
setback?
Is it even considered a setback?
For there must be something
greater for you to learn if you are
not propelling forward.
Sit with this "setback"...
what lesson are you missing?
For we have to feel the pain
in order for it to pass.
It does not serve us to push it down
within in hopes that it will go away.
It never goes away in that manner.
Feel it, release it, and the struggle
will lift its hold on your successes. 
Ah, so simple in black and white.
To implement it into reality
is a whole other novel.