Confession: I still compare myself to other women sometimes. I used to be really, really bad at that in high school, it got better in college and I'm much better now. But, I still sometimes do. It's stupid, it's never helpful and I never feel better, and even if it did make me feel better, at what cost? Putting someone else down in my mind?
It's all relative, too. I say to myself sometimes, "I'd rather have her health issues but have a model's body like she does than have good health and scarred body the way I do." But, then I'm sure there's someone who would rather have my scarred legs than no legs at all. It's stupid wishful thinking that gets me nowhere and is unhealthy for myself and for how I view others.
I think it's my root of insecurity, of not feeling good enough, that pulls me that direction. I need to let God garden and dig in my heart.