“Comparison is the thief of joy” Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt A very famous quote that carries a lot of weight, yet I’ve never thought about why it is so true. I agree that when we compare ourselves to others, it robs us of our joy. But have we ever thought about why we begin to compare in the first place? When we compare ourselves to others, we see what they have or what they are doing that we are not. But if it’s true that we can have anything that we want, then why do we compare? When we were children in school, teachers would say is “You can be anything…
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Creatively Frozen, If Only… It’s Fear!
A confession: I can’t seem to get myself to write as I used to. I am frozen with all my ideas. There is a lot going on and needs to be documented but I can’t seem to get myself to type, pen them down. The fear to share my thoughts has shaking in my body. All I am able to do nowadays is Facebook posts, I can’t even tweet as much. This page has been open in my browser, for a month. I click on it and freeze, my mind goes in shock and my heart races. My fingers tremble and my eyes start to tear. Then, there is this fear of what I would write. What would it…
