I found myself caught up in a comparison trap recently of seeing friends and people online seemingly further ahead,
Whatever that means,
Than me.
And since I was feeling this way,
I thought somebody else is probably feeling this way too.
So I just wanted to tell you,
And myself,
That you're not behind.
I know it feels like you are.
Probably feels like everyone else has something figured out that you haven't quite gotten yet.
Like there's a version of your life that's running slightly ahead of you,
And you've been trying to catch up to it for a while.
But there's no schedule,
And there never was.
The career thing,
The health thing,
The meditation practice you keep meaning to start,
The version of yourself you keep meaning to become.
None of that has a deadline that actually existed outside of your own head.
Take a breath with me.
Not a special,
Bruh.
Just the next one.
Notice where you are right now,
Not where you should be or where you thought you'd be by now,
Just here.
In this room,
In this moment,
In this version of you that showed up today,
Even when it was hard.
That's not nothing.
That's everything.
You're allowed to be exactly where you are.
Tired if you're tired,
Certain if you're uncertain.
Still figuring it out,
If you're still figuring it out.
There's no version of this where you're failing by being human.
So just for right now,
Put down your invisible checklist and stop measuring the gap between where you are now.
And where you think you should be.
You're not behind.
You're just here.
And here is perfectly okay.
