Welcome to 2 minutes of self-gentleness with Femke.
So I'm not just talking about social media,
Though,
Yes,
That too.
I'm talking about the older comparisons,
The ones that you are actually doing all of your life,
Your sibling who seemed to be needing less,
The friend who moved forward when you felt stuck,
Or that version of yourself you thought you would be by now.
Comparison has a way of making what you have feel like evidence of something wrong with you.
So I want to offer a small reframe.
Comparison hurts most when we are already not feeling fully seen by ourselves.
When the relationship you have with yourself is a little thin,
Then the outer differences can feel enormous.
So by all means,
This is not a reason to judge yourself for comparing.
I want to invite you to turn your attention inward,
Just for a moment.
Not to compete with yourself,
But to come back to yourself.
So,
Listen to these affirmations and you can repeat them after me or just listen to me.
I can notice comparison without becoming part of it.
Someone else's path says nothing about mine.
I come back to myself right here,
Right now.
My timeline is just right.
I am enough.
In this moment,
At this stage.
I return to my own life with gentleness.
I am the most important person to consistently deserve my own gentleness.
Now sit with this for a moment and come back to this any time when you notice yourself looking at someone else's life and it starts to feel like you are judging yourself because you compare.
