"When you do not think good and when you do not think not-good, what is your true self?"

The shortest route to becoming impatient with myself and the arch of my life is to compare it to others.

I instantly feel more isolated, less accomplished, less energetic, lesser than as a person in general.

Whatever I've been working toward isn't enough; I look around and only see lack. 

Somewhere inside, I know that I can only row my own little boat, so I may as well not worry about whether I think it's a fast one, or shiny one, or the best one. It's mine, it's the one I have. I can only row it. Still, I get caught up in that feeling that what I have just isn't enough and it's silly to think it ever has been.

I'd been simmering in that kind of mood but today, I'm working to remind myself that these moods come and go but those thoughts are not true. It's the times when I'm going on about my business without questioning what it looks like from the outside that are the happiest and most productive, bringing me closer to whatever it is I'm actually looking for. So, let's get back to that.