I saw this quote the other day and it kept rolling around in my head.
I had a friend and I use that term loosely, that just was not happy with her life. I could not figure out why until saw this quote.
She compared her life with everything and everyone that it was not. She was also stuck on the past and her happiness in the past, that overrode everything that was of good joy in her present. When I found a time that I needed her the most, she had to have something of her own going on and was comparing my troubles with hers. True friends do not do that.
I have had a life and times of great joy and times of not great joy. I will tell you the times of joy override the not so great joy times. It makes everything worthwhile no matter how hard it is. But I think some of that is understanding what true joy is. Everyone needs to figure that out for themselves, my joy may not be the same as your joy.
My joy is my husband, my children, my family, my beliefs. In that order. That is mine and mine alone.
My joy is not a house or needing to be wanted and feel important to all. I am important to those that matter as are they. I have no desire to make others feel bad about themselves by nit-picking them and judging them.
So don’t let comparison compromise your joy, you will miss out on life.
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