Stories of a Sparrow: Episode 9

Stories of a Sparrow

In this episode we discuss our struggle with the comparison game. The pressure that we feel on a daily basis to keep up. Thanks to social media we are constantly surrounded by people we don't even know who seem to have it all and have it all together at the same time! It's this highlight real life that draws us in and makes us feel very boring and lacking in the life we have been called to live. We start to question why, why can't I look like that? Why can't I have their house or their belongings, why can't I have the money to vacation there? We get sucked into this fake world that we cannot live up to and when we are driven by what we lack, we will never find happiness, joy or contentment. We talk about what it looks like to raise kids while navigating comparison and the expectations that we put on ourselves to have the most perfect Pinterest party or to breastfeed or bottle feed, or to give your kid the best Santa presents. Our challenge to ourselves and you is to continue to pour truth into your life, to step away from Instagram and Pinterest not that they are evil or bad, we all use them, but they can be distracting so silence the noise to discover and focus on who and what you love and not on what you lack. Learn to be content now, be happy and joyful in where you are and with what you have, don't feed yourself the lie that once you get that one thing then you will be content. Let's not waste our life on this earth being consumed with not being content with our life, let's focus on things that can make a difference in our own or someone else's eternity.