You didn't mean to go there, but you did.
You saw their announcement, their new house, their perfectly filtered life update.
Now you're sitting with that quiet ache in your chest wondering, why not me?
Am I behind?
Am I doing something wrong?
Comparison doesn't just steal joy, it distorts reality.
What you're seeing isn't the whole truth, it's a highlight reel, not the behind-the-scenes
mess.
You don't see the stress, the loneliness, the insecurities they're carrying under the
surface.
But you do see all of your own.
Every delay, every hard day, every dream that hasn't been worked out yet.
And in that contrast, you start to believe a lie.
I'm not doing enough.
Let me stop you there.
Your timeline is not broken.
You're not behind.
You're becoming.
Your pace doesn't have to match everyone else's.
God isn't in a hurry with your life.
He's doing something deep, lasting, and unique in you.
And that kind of growth takes time.
Your story is unfolding exactly the way it's meant to.
Not slower, not less, just different.
And different doesn't mean something is wrong.
So breathe.
Get quiet.
Come back to what you know is true about you.
You don't have to compete.
You don't have to catch up.
You just have to keep walking your own road.
It's sacred, it's enough, and it's yours.