When we are engulfed by the comparison of ourselves to others, it only serves to send us in a downward spiral. Social media is filled with curated versions of lives. People choose what mask they want to wear and what they want to share. We start thinking about how our lives suck in comparison to theirs. We start questioning our choices, our identity, our purpose. And we start believing that we're not good enough, not pretty enough, not grieving fast enough, not tough enough, not successful enough. We start telling ourselves that we are doing something wrong, and that we are “just not enough.” How does any of that serve us well? It doesn’t. Don’t create opportunities to feel like crap. CHOOSE to create more opportunities to SHINE! When a self-deprecating thought enters your mind…