tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post8762108291183212945..comments2023-09-15T02:57:11.747-05:00Comments on Within These Walls: CompetitionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392670505606813998noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-89927858693265107522009-08-28T10:24:12.266-05:002009-08-28T10:24:12.266-05:00I just realized that I was the only chick that adm...I just realized that I was the only chick that admitted to being one of these “types” of people on your comments. I feel really stupid now. I know a TON of girls that do this. See… low self-esteem coming into play; oh well, I know I’m imperfect. What can ya do! ;)Lyrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765168776778029983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-60864894919422038202009-08-28T10:18:23.853-05:002009-08-28T10:18:23.853-05:00I can’t believe I missed this when going through m...I can’t believe I missed this when going through my dashboard. What a fabulous post you have written. It touched me deeply and hit a spot in my soul that made me feel a bit ashamed. I have been this person… always wanting to be someone unique in one area that I can thrive in. Yet I always feel that someone is going to come in and do it even better. I feel that no matter what I do I will always be the last one standing… The last one picked, being the “Average Joe” I’ve always seem to be. <br /><br />Shamefully, I’m admitting to you that I am one of those people who constantly compete. It’s an internal battle I continuously struggle with, and most of the time it’s just competing with myself! I’m not proud of it and it’s so ungodly of me, but I have found the root to be that I struggle with low self esteem. When I try to find a path that best fits me, I find that other want to try that same path. I feel like something has been taken away from me. Hey… I’m bearing my soul and complete weakness to you. I know crazy, right?! I am crazy… but I think that when people compete with one another they are trying to only prove something to themselves. <br /><br />I know that it’s the enemy just telling me lies. I know that God doesn’t see me that way at all and know that I am VERY unique. But for some reason I can’t get past feeling inadequate to everyone around me. I have come a long way. I use to do this all the time with every one I saw, but now I tend to do it just with myself. I also think that I have grown a lot in my walk with God and He has shown me who I truly am. Though I still struggle with it, I know that God keeps teaching me new things and I believe that someday I won’t need the reassurance form anyone by my Jesus. <br /><br />Dude… SO CONVICTED right now!!! Great POST love! ;)Lyrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765168776778029983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-10064160838312392182009-08-27T14:44:59.568-05:002009-08-27T14:44:59.568-05:00paige, thanks for your comment on my post--you'...paige, thanks for your comment on my post--you're so kind and I'm sooo glad we've met eachother!Katie @ Loves of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841348340467277988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-73258779247324657792009-08-26T21:03:49.221-05:002009-08-26T21:03:49.221-05:00i love this post, totally agree with you.
i have ...i love this post, totally agree with you.<br /><br />i have 2 best friends that are totally different as well, one lives with her bf and another girl and another is married with a baby, i feel like i'm kind of in between. as we get older i feel like we grow apart in ways because our lives are different but i know those girls will always be my best friends, forever! ;)<br /><br />i hope this military life is not competitive. that would be hard to deal with. i agree with katie, some people just feel like that have to be the best of the best at everything and have the best of the best. those people will never be satisfied with their lives though.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773608422571911723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-24902762178244494082009-08-26T21:00:23.874-05:002009-08-26T21:00:23.874-05:00boooooo. I hate hate hate competition. what ever h...boooooo. I hate hate hate competition. what ever happened to having fun and living life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-58249082096821824462009-08-26T16:41:11.599-05:002009-08-26T16:41:11.599-05:00I so agree with you...like, A TONNN....I so agree with you...like, A TONNN....Katie @ Loves of Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07841348340467277988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-11535937768016379912009-08-26T16:17:15.859-05:002009-08-26T16:17:15.859-05:00I promise Shannie, I wasn't talking about anyo...I promise Shannie, I wasn't talking about anyone specific! :)Does it bug you when all the military wives compete like that? That would drive me crazy!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392670505606813998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-58141350652449450842009-08-26T16:15:53.384-05:002009-08-26T16:15:53.384-05:00uh oh. I hope I don't do this. I don't kno...uh oh. I hope I don't do this. I don't know. Maybe sometimes we do/say things and don't realize it? but I will say that being a military wife is way competitive. BIG time. on who has the best marriage, who got the best base, whose husband comes home the fastest, who has it the worst.. it's nonstop.Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558498724996805304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8886331007612531648.post-90598865655872051162009-08-26T16:09:27.181-05:002009-08-26T16:09:27.181-05:00I am right there with you chica. I have never bee...I am right there with you chica. I have never been one to compete. Even in things as simple as board games, if I lose, oh well, I had fun. Ha, I am probably the ONLY person in my family like that though!<br /><br />Sometimes people believe they aren't proving their "worth" so to speak, unless they are the best at everything... I think others don't realize what they are doing.<br /><br />::shrug:: I will compete with myself, you can compete with yourself and we will see who is better that that! ;) just.joking.katie + brethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910231468542102436noreply@blogger.com