{"id":192,"date":"2022-02-06T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T13:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=192"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T13:59:56","slug":"comparison-is-the-thief-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"Comparison is the thief of joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I find myself questioning today, questioning my voice, the stories I want to write, the photos I take, the dream of creating a community and inspire people.
I find myself questioning the whole path I\u2019m going.
\u201aWhat am I doing wrong? Is it my voice, the content or how I communicate? Am I good enough to do this?\u2019 No, I haven\u2019t the step-by-step guide, the checklist or the easy way to solve a problem, because I don\u2019t believe in such a thing. I haven\u2019t the rainbows and unicorns content, the show of how amazing everything is at any time\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life has thrown so many stones on my way that I can say: \u201aThere\u2019s never a one size fits all, an easy-peasy way out.\u2018
Life is like the ocean, sometimes stormy, sometimes the waves crash over you but there\u2019s also a wonderful sunny day on the beach.
How you deal with storms and waves, how you walk through life is your unique way, it\u2019s your unique expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I truly believe in, is that living in alignment with your heart, connecting to your soul and dreams, connecting to what brings you joy, is the answer and solution to so many problems, the answer to how to weather a storm and to surf your waves of ocean of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding this connection, this joy is your unique path and comparing yourself with others and their way is the thief of your joy, the thief of connection to your heart.
So keep going to find your joy in your heart, express your uniqueness, express what is important to you in a way that is in alignment with your true self.
Keep listening to the joy of the waves of your heart\u2019s ocean, focus on your wave and don\u2019t compare your ride with the one of others.
Keep surfing your waves of joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find myself questioning today, questioning my voice, the stories I want to write, the photos I take, the dream of creating a community and inspire people.I find myself questioning the whole path I\u2019m going.\u201aWhat am I doing wrong? Is it my voice, the content or how I communicate? Am I good enough to do this?\u2019 No, I haven\u2019t the step-by-step guide, the checklist or the easy way to solve a problem, because I don\u2019t believe in such a thing. I haven\u2019t the rainbows and unicorns content, the show of how amazing everything is at any time\u2026 Life has thrown so many stones on my way that I can say: \u201aThere\u2019s never a one size fits all, an easy-peasy way out.\u2018Life is like the ocean, sometimes stormy, sometimes the waves crash over you but there\u2019s also a wonderful sunny day on the beach.How you deal with storms and waves, how you walk through life is your unique way, it\u2019s your unique expression. What I truly believe in, is that living in alignment with your heart, connecting to your soul and dreams, connecting to what brings you joy, is the answer and solution to so many problems, the answer to how to weather a storm and to surf your waves of ocean of life. Finding this connection, this joy is your unique path and comparing yourself with others and their way is the thief of your joy, the thief of connection to your heart.So keep going to find your joy in your heart, express your uniqueness, express what is important to you in a way that is in alignment with your true self.Keep listening to the joy of the waves of your heart\u2019s ocean, focus on your wave and don\u2019t compare your ride with the one of others.Keep surfing your waves of joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}