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Speaker 1: Approche production. Good morning. I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your

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Speaker 1: morning mantra. It's easy to fall into comparison, losing ourselves

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Speaker 1: in other people's highlight reels. Today's meditation explores releasing comparison

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Speaker 1: and returning home your mourning mantra. Comparison is the thief

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Speaker 1: of joy. Let's begin, if it's safe to do so,

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Speaker 1: close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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Speaker 1: relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down,

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Speaker 1: and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your breath

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Speaker 1: down into your belly. Comparison steals presence. It pulls us

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Speaker 1: away from our own lives and straight into someone else's

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Speaker 1: other paths can become a distraction, even an obsession. We

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Speaker 1: can travel a long way down their path before we

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Speaker 1: wake up to realize we are lost. We have forgotten

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Speaker 1: our own strengths, our own radiant beauty, shaded by the

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Speaker 1: pursuit of comparison. When we release comparison and come back

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Speaker 1: to our own path, we rediscover gratitude, rediscover joy, uncovering

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Speaker 1: our own rhythm. We come to know that our worth

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Speaker 1: is not measured by someone else's achievements. But it is

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Speaker 1: found in our hearts, our actions, our own intention. Our

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Speaker 1: one precious life is ours and ours alone. Today's mantra

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Speaker 1: Garson is the thief of joy. Repeat to yourself, either

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Speaker 1: out loud or in your mind. Comparison is the thief

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Speaker 1: of joy. Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing

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Speaker 1: in and out of your heart space. May you be happy,

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Speaker 1: may you be well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear,

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Speaker 1: and anxiety, and may your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 1: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 1: slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth.

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Speaker 1: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 1: can also deepen your practice with me on Inside Timer

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Speaker 1: find the link below. In the show notes