Compareosis

Made up word? Maybe. A little. Just let me break it down for you.

COMPARE meaning, to examine the characters or qualities of -especially in order to discover resemblances or differences 

OSIS (Greek) meaning, disease, morbid state, abnormal increase. 

I could not be more blessed, or have a happier life. But still sometimes I can feel a bad case of Compareosis coming on. Why? Because I am only human. And as humans we have a keen sense of our own inadequacies, failures and short comings. We also have a knack for being blind to those faults in others. It is a mental sickness that can be deadly, and no one is immune.  

Life can get hard and as we gaze out from behind our own problems we tend to see that the people are surrounded by have it easier, better, that they are smarter, their lives more glamorous. Because they have this, and we don't. Because they can do that and we can't. Compareosis, may be a made up word but it is a real state of mind. It will creep up on us suddenly can be difficult to get rid of. The symptoms are horrible. Lack of self confidence. Decrease in motivation. Bitterness. Jealousy. Unable to recognize the good right in front of you. When left untreated symptoms can be infectious and spread to every area of our lives, school, work, relationships, family and faith. 

The cause is human nature, the cure is gratitude, self appreciation, realistic realization and love. 

This has been on my mind lately because everyone I know seems to be dealing with it in one way or another and I discovered something that I believe. It is not doing incredible things that make you an incredible person.