Reflections With Eb

So today I was sitting at work and I had some music playing in my headphones as background noise while I work as always (to drown out the awkward silence and random bits of conversation in the office space, but that’s beside the point…just a fun fact 😊 lol), and depending on how “in the zone” I am at the moment or how busy the workload is, I’ll sometimes find myself drifting in and out of paying attention to whatever song is playing. I like to mostly listen to something to keep me alert and uplifted in energy throughout the day, and I do like to mix things up in variety but gospel music has always been a frequent go-to of mine because it was what I was raised on, it’s very inspirational and uplifting and I just love the musicality of it. I was coming back to consciousness from a drift-off work moment and heard “Best for Last” by Donald Lawrence and Yolanda Adams playing and I began to pay closer attention to the lyrics and it got me thinking of the outlook that I should have on ...

Society has ingrained in our minds from a very early age that if we aren’t keeping up with the Jones’, then we have to do all we can to catch up and then surpass them. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with admiring what someone else has and also aspiring to have your own version of that one day; it can serve as a great source of motivation to become the best version of yourself in order to receive those things, but it dabbles into dangerous territory if the only way that you measure success in life is through comparing yourself to other people. A lot of times we get caught up in comparing ourselves to others  based on where they are in there life and what they have, and seeing where you line up to match or level them up a notch. At times I know it’s seemingly hard fighting against basic human nature, but as they say comparison is the thief of all joy and by doing so, we can potentially miss out on the beauty of fully embracing our own unique journey to a joyful, fu...