Episode Transcript

What’s up? What’s up? What’s up, everybody? Welcome back to THE a.m guys. Welcome back to five minute rants. I’m your host, Michael Abernathy. And welcome back to the show predicated on the journey of life and business. Well, guys, real quick before I get started, will y’all partner with me in sharing the word and changing lives, would you share this with somebody who you think their life would be better just for listening to it and for listening to the show, I really appreciate it, guys. If not, would you mind, if you don’t know anybody just really leave a review, or rate the show. I really appreciate it again, seriously, I really do. I’m really thankful.

Well, guys, today, I want to talk about What I call looking at your own. And, first, this really starts off with how we compare ourselves to others. And there’s a right way to compare yourself and there’s a wrong way. The first way, the correct way to really compare yourself is really through observation. And through a heart position of really changing and growing, when we look at others that should really be to see to learn and to do What they’re doing right to really look at them. And in really compare ourselves in this place of man, I really want to change, I don’t want to stay where I’m at, I want to continually improve. And it really should be that way, the wrong way is really through a heart position of jealousy. And this is What I mean by jealousy. And this is from Patrick he had a great definition of jealousy, which I really agree with, which is this jealousy is wanting the outcome without putting in the work.

And when we become jealous of people, wouldn’t we wrongly compare Well, why do they have that? Why did we have this? It’s really from a victim place Right? It’s really from victimology to where I’m unwilling to put in the work, and I’m unwilling to put forth the effort. And I just want the outcome. And that’s really What jealousy is, and it’s a great definition in the wrong place to compare ourselves with people is from that place, if we’re comparing because we’re jealous. And then we’re acting, you know, we’re really moving forward in life with jealousy, hatred, or envy. That’s really not a good place to be. And it’s not even as I’m saying, it’s pretty easy to see that it’s toxic. Versus Wow, they’re doing really well, What are they doing good, oh, they’re doing that, I totally see that they’re doing that wow they invest in themselves more they do this, oh, my gosh, they actually for me, you know, different things to be like, Wow, they actually really eat healthier in a better way that I do, I wonder if I can learn that. And then it’s going through with a heart position to really change and grow.

Now, the reason why I am saying this, and the reason why I believe this is so vital is because this really helps develop a heart position of contentment, where we’re grateful for What we have. And we are content with What we have and the reason. And I’m not saying content like as in like you’re stagnant, lethargic, or you have plateaued and you don’t want to move forward in life. Contentment and reaching a plateau are not the same thing at all. Being content is really being grateful and thankful. And it is so easy to be jealous, it is so easy to be in victimhood. And one of the best ways to take ownership over any situation and ownership of your life is to be thankful for What you have and What you’ve been given that everything’s really everything that you have is a gift to you, even if it’s painful, and even if it doesn’t seem like it’s a gift, right?

The painful circumstances, the things you don’t like, oftentimes are more gifts than the easy things, right? i It really occurred to me the other day, I’m talking with some friends, I was like, Oh my gosh, my body is just really honest. My body will put fat on it does not I’m not a skinny fat person. I’m not somebody who has just a rapid fast metabolism, who burns through everything and then doesn’t look fat. And this was, you know, this was a couple of weeks ago, where I really had this revelation as like my body puts on weight. And I was like, Oh my gosh, this is amazing. Because if my body didn’t put on weight, would I actually really start eating healthy? Would I really start looking at myself and being honest with myself and personally I think that I would. But the problem is, it would take me way longer versus my body’s just really honest. It’s a gift that my body shows fat because it really helped me come to the conclusion that I need to eat healthier, and get on fat faster than it would have. If I had a fast metabolism. And that’s a gift. That’s a gift.

It doesn’t seem like that. Well you just put on weight really easy, cool. Yep, I do. And I can choose to look at that negatively or positively and this Here’s why it’s so important to really see life through the correct way of doing things to really see life and everything that’s been given to us as a gift. And then also keeping our eyes on What we have because I’m never going to have a fast metabolism so I might as well look at myself and then choose to see the correct way.

Anyways guys, I’m way over. I’ll catch you later. Peace.