Sometimes you read things and there's that brilliant bright light bulb that literally goes off over your head, like you're a cartoon of some sort that was shown some amazing tidbit of enlightenment. Yesterday was a day like that and the quote below was what beamed at me.
No one else has access to the world you carry around within yourself;
you are its custodian and entrance.
No one else can see the world the way you see it.
No one else can feel your life the way you feel it.
Thus it is impossible to ever compare two people because each stands on such different ground.
When you compare yourself to others, you are inviting envy into your consciousness;
it can be a dangerous and destructive guest.
~ John O'Donohue
I don't think I like the negative ending, but everything before it so very true. I think I would rather end it with something like . . .
Thus it is impossible to ever compare two people because each stands on such different ground.
Compare yourself to no one.
You are your own extraordinary garden.
Surround yourself with sunshine, good earth, and a little rain.
Bloom as only you can.
You are beautiful.
Yeah . . . I like that better!
Go Bloom!
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