The Truth is Beyond Comparison
By Steve Beckow
Posted on March 16, 2023
The grass is always greener….
My deficiencies appear to be arising as the love energies also rise.
At the moment, I’m comparing myself (unfavorably) to sociable people and, the grass being always greener on the other side, bemoaning my lack of skills in the area.
If I’d chosen to be more socially inclined, my career path would have been a group leader. I had it all mapped out at one time.
But the calling was always greater to be a writer.
No sense mourning the road not taken. Clearly, I never wanted to take it. And if I’m honest I’d acknowledge that I don’t want to take it now even if I could.
I’m mourning a part of life that I willingly and intentionally gave up. It seems a bit silly.
Now that I see that, the matter lifts as an upset.
I remember my choice in the matter and know that I’d make the same choice again today. Choice experienced. Upset gone.
We need what I do. We also need what the interpersonally-skilled do. And we need a thousand other types to build Nova Earth.
No sense mourning what I left behind in order to do what I love. Nova Earth will only get done, I think, if we all do what we love.
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So I acknowledge that I left a whole arena of life behind in order to do and become what I love.
I acknowledge the merit and worth of the areas I left behind. And I honor those who ply and develop them, even if I don’t do it myself.
For the rest, I’m happy over here hoeing my row. I need to stop comparing myself to people working in an entirely different field, one that I’ll never choose … or I’ll feel dismayed and down on myself, like right now, for no good reason.
Why do I always think the grass is greener? The truth is beyond comparison. The truth, for me, is that each of us adds to the overall tapestry, the total machinery, the Mother’s Plan.
