Embrace Your Space
Every person has a space on this earth. Yes you have the
space that you occupy right now. Maybe you are occupying your couch, work
chair, seat in your car or a room in your home. However I am not referring to
any of those. I am referring to THAT SPACE that completes your creation, the
space that defines why you are here. A
lot of us are still seeking where our space is. How do I know you ask? I know
because of the infinite question, Why am I here that trumpets from the mountain
tops of many of our lives. So many people are confused with their space. There
are a lot of empty spaces waiting for occupancy, but there’s only ONE SPACE for
you.
The element that distracts us from discovering that space is
comparison. Comparison is one of the
most dangerous roads to take in life. It either leads you in a deep valley or a
dead end.
I am a lover of words, their break down and their meaning.
My favorite third grade lesson at the private school I attended was stem words.
Stem words breakdown the meaning of
words to give you a clearer understanding. So let’s glance back, to dig a little deeper.
COM- derived from Latin meaning- commemorate, to
memorize together, compose or arrange, put parts together live together and own
the same things.
PARA/PARI-
derived from Greek meaning- parasite, an organism that lives on and off another
living being. Alongside and always an equal distance apart. Parallel.
SON-
derived from Latin meaning- consonant, a speech sound, sonorous, producing
loud, full, rich sounds, AS ONE VOICE.
Comparison
is the contrast of distinction. Each one of us has a distinct purpose on this
earth. Our distinct purpose is to signify what we are called to and how to
supply to those around us. Whether you believe
it or not we are all connected and will affect each other in some way. Our effectiveness
is our engine in life. An engine in a car converts fuel to motion. Our
effectiveness is our fuel to motion that keeps us moving and active. Think
about an area in your life that had no effect. That area drained you. I can
recall a job I worked about 3 years ago that made me a lot of money, but I
could not detect my effectiveness in it. Where did I contribute? What problems
did I solve? Even though the money was good, I was miserable. I felt no worth
at that job because I affected little. Comparison
brings about no distinction and mixes everything into one big blur. When you
have blurry vision it’s difficult to identify and hit the right target.
Comparison
will always parallel your life with what you relate to the most. Comparison
moves you closer to what you are looking at. If your focus is the way someone
you admire dresses. You will skip the qualities of that person and only focus
on their dress. Sooner or later you will notice your apparel change and
shopping habits differ from what you normally do. You will move away from the
distinct person you were created to be. Eventually you will begin to mesh into
the idea you have of someone else. You
may be focused on someone’s place of residence, speech or opinion. This will be
breeding ground for comparison. You will eventually lose yourself in those
ideas. The sign of comparison is chasing things that you would never chase.
Chase is the twin of covet. If you find yourself chasing ideas outside of
yourself and doing anything possible to obtain them. You are creeping with
covet. Covetousness is silent, sneaky and sweet. However covetousness is a thief.
You will soon discover that after you’ve obtained what you chased, what you
were given in the beginning will be gone. The next phase in life after this is
searching for what you were already given. What you were given in the beginning
is the most valuable possession you have.
Comparison will always cause you to have possession of something that you don't solely own. When you have joint custody of anything you have to compromise. You should never compromise your call, purpose or space on earth.
Comparison will always cause you to have possession of something that you don't solely own. When you have joint custody of anything you have to compromise. You should never compromise your call, purpose or space on earth.
Another
indicator that comparison has crept in is your sound. The things that you say,
not only with your mouth but actions, will began to change. Positive moral standards
will lower. Clear and healthy views will become skewed. The ones most
supportive of you will no longer be of your caliber. You will somehow become a
big fish in a little pond. You will feel the need to be an example out loud,
instead of just being. These are all red flags that you are going in the wrong
direction. Comparison muffles the real YOU. You may find interest, hobbies and
things you like along the way while sacrificing the real you. Comparison will
confuse your interest for your authenticity. Once this happens, you have made a
pit fall in to a huge valley.
The
tools to climbing out of that pitfall is embracing the real you. I am taking a
class and my instructor stated that hardships, struggle and disappointment will
strip you of you. These moments come to steal your identity but you have to
take that journey to you again. Furthermore a very influential preacher once
said, “Change your question from who am I, to who is He”. I would like to
encourage you find you again. How do you find you, when you lost you? Go to the
source. The one who made each of us is the one who knows how we look inside and
out. He knows the sound he placed inside of us. He knows the true intent of our
existence. He also knows the steps we have taken to lose everything. Sometimes
losing everything is the best place, because it brings you back to the
beginning. The beginning is where you find the purity of your path. A hard
reset is sometimes in order.
Comparison
is dangerous. It changes your trajectory (path), blurs your vision and muffles
your sound (identity). It disregards the supportive people around you, steals
your identity and replaces it with false and foreign ideas. I pray you
recognize if comparison is lurking, dispel it and EMBRACE YOUR SPACE.
* this is a very transparent post and all of the examples I have used are of my personal walk.
* this is a very transparent post and all of the examples I have used are of my personal walk.
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