Personal Meditation No. 168

“The quest for certainty and the need for comparison is not a place to live and grow.”

Embrace the Within.

Nothing in life is certain besides death. On that you can rely. And even that certainty leads to speculations about the nature of death and life itself. There is no need to worry about something that will invariably and inevitably happen. I spend a lot more time concerned with how I am living my life today. And the living your own life situation typically leads to a comparison against other folks whether they are living, dead, or fictitious. And worrying about the inevitable and the uncontrollable do none of us any good.

I was misaligned for the majority of the past three years BUT my process turned out alright. I worked on getting healthy BUT since I had no idea what that actually entailed, the process was all over the place. The good part is that the process led me to where I am today. So, rather than compare my process to the process of someone else, I compare where I am today to where I was last year, last month, last week, yesterday. And when I make that comparison I have some actual perspective.

The great thing about comparison of your self is that the only person you have telling you lies is you. We can never truly know the process and journey of anyone else. It’s not like everyone is being honest about their journey with strangers. No one is letting it all out there for everyone to dissect. Nor should we. Have you been out there? Those people are brutally immoral. They take pleasure in beating folks down and breaking them apart.

And you and I were probably there doing the same thing on one occasion or another. Feeling we were righteous or better in comparison to people we deemed inferior. And there is a lot of that going on all around us. Folks that are on a high ground and looking down their noses for any number of reasons.

I might get in that situation sometimes now BUT never as much as I used to find myself. I really need to focus on me and spreading the good word rather than yelling or belittling or dehumanizing others. BUT I am nowhere near perfect so some of that does resurface. Life is a process and I get to keep working on that until the inevitable occurs. BUT, the great thing is that every day I wake up I get to make the choice. Every second of the day I get to make choices. And even though I can’t control a lot of what happens. And even though things can get really weird where humans are involved. And even though I cannot change anyone else. And even though life is random. I am going to live my life and enjoy the experience.

I am not going to compare where I am to where you are or where others have been. I am just going to work on my journey. And if you focus on your journey, then you will notice, as I did, that working on your journey is quite enough to worry about. It’s one thing you can control. You can control your choices in the face of the uncontrollable and the inevitable. So, what are you going to choose today?

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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