Stop ruining your fun
March 15, 2018
Stop comparing and judging. Those two behaviors can drain all the joy out of a perfectly good life.
We compare this time in our lives to another time. Then we decide that this time is worse, not as much fun. Or we compare our life to someone else’s, and we decide the other person is having more fun and success than we are.
Comparison is judgmental. We judge this to be better than that, and this to be worse than the other. By comparing and judging, we deny ourselves the beauty of the moment and the wonder of the life that’s in front of us now.
Instead of deciding if a situation is good or bad, just be thankful for it—the way it is. Most things are neither good nor bad, unless we attribute those judgments to them. Most things simply are, and they are what they are, at this moment in time.
Go into the moment. Let it be what it is—free of judgments and comparison. Can you believe how beautiful it is, right now, right here where you are? Why didn’t you see that before?
If comparing and judging is draining all the joy out of your life, start putting some fun back in it by applying a little gratitude, instead.
God, help me put the fun back in life by letting each moment be what it is, without comparing it to anything else.
From the book: More Language of Letting Go
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About the author
In addiction and recovery circles, Melody Beattie is a household name. She is the best-selling author of numerous books.
One of Melody's more recent titles is The Grief Club, which was published in 2006. This inspirational book gives the reader an inside look at the miraculous phenomenon that occurs after loss--the being welcomed into a new "club" of sorts, a circle of people who have lived through similar grief and pain, whether it be the loss of a child, a spouse, a career, or even one's youth.
For more information about Melody and her books, visit the author's official website