Part of the trouble I have gotten into in relationships relates to confusing insides and outsides. I’ve heard it said that we shouldn’t compare our insides to others’ outsides. This is especially true because social media encourages us to curate our outsides to only show the best. When we compare our insides to those of our friends and family’s outsides, we may lose the ability to see the struggles that they are facing. We may harden our hearts and become unable to see the whole person they are.
This message resonates with me but I have only been more deeply aware of it in the last several years. I notice the urge to compare and then reprimand myself whenever some event (action or words) triggers me. It catches me off guard. As time goes on, I get better and better in noticing the behavior at the onset so that I can poise a respond instead of react. Great article.
This message resonates with me but I have only been more deeply aware of it in the last several years. I notice the urge to compare and then reprimand myself whenever some event (action or words) triggers me. It catches me off guard. As time goes on, I get better and better in noticing the behavior at the onset so that I can poise a respond instead of react. Great article.
This post relates in some degree to a very useful book called What Happened to You? Which Oprah and another author co-wrote several years ago.