Quantitative Qualifications.

Inadequacy is my biggest enemy. Not actually being inadequate, but more so just feeling inadequate. No matter how good of grades I get, there always seems to be someone that has better grades with harder classes. No matter how hard I try, it seems as if it was all for loss, for someone always seems to be better with less effort. In everything: school, dance, work, music, church, family, friends; there always seems to be someone 'better'. Unfortunately, so much our lives is filled with the pressure to be "the best"--to have the most 'likes' on Instagram, the most followers on twitter, the most views on snapchat, the highest g.p.a., the longest resume, the best ACT score, the prettiest face, the skinniest body, the most expensive clothes...the list goes on. So many quantitative qualifications to be "the best". And for whatever reason, I have the biggest drive inside my mind to be the best, but really, those social media numbers, even the grades and scores, all the ridiculous comparisons of the world; they mean nothing.

I look at others and see all their incredible strengths. I then look in the mirror and suddenly I can't find even one single attribute worth attributing worth to.

Every time I compare myself to someone else, I'm promoting pride. Whether I come out superior or inferior, comparison is the root of pride. This week is my week to stop comparing and to start living. I'm done with obsessing over meaningless numbers and worrying about my position in this world. I am me and my goal is to simply be a better me tomorrow.

When I walk down the street, I want to be a confident in who I am, I'm ready to conquer the world one step at a time. 

"The worth of souls is great in the sight of God." D&C 18:10