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Don’t Let Comparison Steal Your Joy

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Don’t Let Comparison Steal Your Joy

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Speaker and “Love Does” author Bob Goff is sharing why it’s important not to let comparison put out your fire.

“Live a life worthy of the calling you’ve received. What we do is we start comparing our lives and our giftedness with somebody else, and comparison’s a punk,” Goff explained. “It will steal your lunch money every single day.”

“And so God creates people, and then we create comparison. God never compares what he creates,” he said.

He advises others to “tend to their own fire” because looking at everyone else’s will cause yours to burn out.

“Like, put some really dry wood on your fire. You know when you put greenwood on it you just get a bunch of smoke, and envy is greenwood. Comparison is greenwood, jealousy, anger about whatever the issue it is that everybody’s thinking about today—like, that’s just greenwood,” he shared.

“That’s going to make a bunch of smoke,” he continued, “and I want people to warm their hands by the fire and not wishing on falling stars, but to say like faith, Hebrews 11:1. It’s confidence in what you’re hoping for and assurance for what you haven’t seen.’ So I would say, What are you hoping for?”

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Goff gives motivational talks like this across the U.S. and also offers online courses for those who want to add a little whimsy to their life or follow their dreams. A couple of the courses are Dreaming Big for Your Career and Dream Big for Your Family.

Goff’s newest book is called “Catching Whimsy.” It’s a year-long devotional that encourages readers and shows them how to take advantage of their day. It launches on Dec. 10.

“You don’t have to stay stuck in ambivalence and paralysis, unsure of the right next step. Instead, get settled in God’s love for you and start journeying, wide-eyed and expectant, into a more meaningful life, a more engaged faith, and a more intentional future. Catching Whimsy will whisper some much-needed truth, hope, and whimsy into your days,” the book’s description reads. “You are only one or two decisions away from a more beautiful and winsome life; you just need to decide to access it through a door God leaves ajar for you each day.”

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