5 best practices to break free from the comparison trap:
1) Don’t worry about what others get. (And you didn’t.)
That will eat you alive and you’ll never find peace, joy or inner contentment.
2) Focus specifically on daily gratitude for what you have and receive.
Practice recognizing and acknowledging even the smallest things that you receive and go your way.
3) Practice generosity with others.
You don’t have to be rich to be generous. Generosity begins in the heart not the wallet. It’s amazing what this does for the disposition of a leader.
4) Appreciate and enjoy the blessings of others.
When you see, experience or learn something really cool that someone else has or got to do, practice shaping your first response. Change it to be an “inner smile” that expresses itself in outer joy and genuinely gracious behavior.
5) Be honest about what you want.
It’s OK to acknowledge what you would like out of life. Your Father in Heaven is the giver of all good and perfect gifts. He is your Abba! He wants to bless you. This doesn’t mean that you and I get everything we want, but tell The Father what you want.
Then trust Him with gratitude for what you receive. If your church or position or salary, etc., isn’t all that you hoped for, serve faithfully knowing God has your best interest at heart. Don’t compare, enjoy! Someone will always have more and better than you.
Don’t let comparison rob you of joy.
