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Day 2221: Compete with Yourself

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Life is not a competition between yourself and others but rather it’s a competition between yourself and previous versions of you – that’s my message to the world.

 

It’s 10 : 30  AM on day 2221 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Isaiah 47:4, have breakfast, learn one new thing – Austerity [aus·ter·i·ty] n. (1) Sternness or severity of manner or attitude. (2) Extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance.– and work on my  25 Smiles Campaign    –raised $8 011.04 only  $4 488.96 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

 

Today I remembered a quote I once read the only person you should strive to be better than is yourself which is so true life is not a competition between yourself and others it’s a competition between yourself and previous versions of you.

Day 1071: Becoming a better version of me

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“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” ― Madonna

 

It’s 1  : 09  PM on day 1071 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  pray, brush my teeth, feed myself boiled egg and Bran Flakes  for breakfast, read 1 Samuel 4 and 1 Samuel 5, publish my Disability of the Day feature,   tweet and Facebook about my campaign – no one made a donation so far today – practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles and stretch my hamstrings – now that my infection is gone my right leg is less stiff (thank you God).

 

Yesterday at church talking about signs of Christian maturity the reverend said I’m paraphrasing those who are maturing as Christians have fruits of the spirit they are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control whereas those who are not maturing as Christians are filled with jealousy, hatred, anger and the like I went down the list of things that point to the fact that one is not a mature Christian and realized I’m a really jealous human being when I see someone doing something I struggle to do with ease I feel pangs of jealousy I have to work on that I hate being jealous.   Do you try to become a better version of yourself every day?