The Daily G.I.F.T. from The GratiDude

I’m at the Gym, not moving, being perfectly still, training to be a Statue.

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The G.I.F.T. Today

Grateful: for knowing nothing great gets done alone and asking for help is the secret.

Intention-make your own luck every day vibe

First-Fahad can drive discussion

Things-pack a ground cover, mat or blanket

Morning Meditation from The GratiDude

“Comparison is the death of joy.” – Mark Twain

“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.” – Marcus Aurelius

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

When a bunch of interesting and people smarter than me talk about a subject, it deserves further examination.

We’re going to peel that onion a little bit today.

From a logic standpoint, one of the underlying assumptions or concepts around doing a comparison is that you are comparing like to like items.  That is where the saying apples and oranges comes from, you can’t compare apples to oranges as they are completely different fruits, and you can only compare one apple to another apple, or one orange to another orange.

From a science or frequency standpoint, comparisons can lower our energy by creating a sense of inadequacy or pressure to conform, leading to negative emotions that drain our mental and emotional resources, thus reducing our overall energy levels; this is particularly true when comparing ourselves to others who seem to be performing better or achieving more than us, especially when the comparisons are focused on areas we value highly.

Bringing that back to the human experience since there is no other fruit on planet earth that is quite the flavor and composition of Kevin Carpenter a.k.a. the GratiDude it would be impossible for me to find a like to like with which to do a comparison.

Yet all day every day, human beings in modern societies, evaluate their current state by outside influences and using comparisons versus giving themselves a look into their heart and a checkup from the neck up, which is the only place they should be looking to do a wellness check.

This would mean that every single person being unique and different is like a completely new and different variety of fruit.  And just like every fruit has different agronomic needs different temperature tolerances soil, preferences heat sun variances pruning needs tolerance to frost, etc. every person is going to need to develop their own unique approach to self-care and self-love.

You cannot apply the same fertilizer to tomatoes as you would agave and expect for similar prolific production and results.  Every plant, every animal, and every human have different needs.

Why this is relevant and important to you personally is that it should free you up to realize that you may borrow and replicate some of what people do on a daily basis in pursuit of your own health and wellness, however, lots of it is going to be very unique to you and the total combination of everything you do from dirt to doorbell or from waking up to going to sleep is going to be totally unique and specific to just you.

This video shows that as you see Bobsledding competitor training for the exact type of physical activity. They need to launch the sled prior to barreling down the hill at light speed in a tube on a piece of ice.