Toxic – acting as or having the effect of a poison
Comparison – the function of an adverb or adjective that is used to indicate degrees of superiority or inferiority in quality, quantity, or intensity.
Often our situation, circumstances, mind and even our feelings causes us to see ourselves in the shadows of somebody else. It makes us feel inferior to people around us and even to people we don’t even know. When the mind begins to work against us, it can be one of the most toxic things a person can ever experience. The feeling of comparison is so poisonous that it will make an individual go as far as questioning their very existence. Comparison is the killer of dreams, ideas and also progress. Timing is everything, God’s timing especially is essential. Where you are in life, in no way determines where you will finish. It’s imperative for us to understand where we are currently and use it to get to where we want to be. A lot of times we spend too much time looking at what other people have accomplished, instead of accomplishing what we need to. If we keep making the mistake of comparing ourselves to others, then we give room for the toxic disease to eat away at our minds and bodies. Don’t make the mistake of looking at somebody else’s blessing, but instead focus on getting yours. It’s that same focus that will cause you to elevate. When that focus is maintain nothing that anyone else achieves will be a threat to you. The more mature we are then the easier for us to understand and accept that things will take longer for some people, than they will do for others. I am not usally one to ever compare myself to anyone and their accomplishments, but comparison can take a hold of you at anytime before you even realise. So here I was one day comparing myself to somebody else and immediately started to doubt my own nature, but then a very valuable thought hit me that if it takes you longer to get it than it did them, just know that your reward and blessing is gonna be much bigger than theirs. So what does this mean? It means no longer will I allow comparison to consume my thoughts and poison my mind and also my body. Comparison is similar to the venom of a snake, It takes its time and travels through the body, breaking down the mechanisms that are fighting against it. Once it is fully spread it weakens you, causing you to not be capable of fighting back. The difference between comparison and a snakes venom is that you cannot cure comparison with more comparison, but instead you cure comparison with FOCUS. Focus on things you want to accomplish, and ways on how to accomplish them and watch how quickly you’ll see yourself ahead of the people you once compared yourself to. This is a message to myself and anyone else suffering from the toxic poison of comparison. Just focus