I found myself counting their blessings rather than my own. The sour attitude I had was causing a ripple effect throughout all parts of my life.

I found myself counting their blessings rather than my own. The sour attitude I had was causing a ripple effect throughout all parts of my life.
God equipped you with certain gifts, attributes, and skills to be your husband's wife, to balance him out, to meet his needs. He did not give you these gifts to impress anyone or one-up anyone or show off to anyone, but to serve others well in His name.
And maybe that means dressing up for practice. Or maybe that means just showing up looking like a hot mess so he can see the kids for a few minutes.
I kept trying to find the right combination of circumstances to make life feel and look as adventurous as those around me, but I didn’t have the same ingredients.
Comparison led me to self-pity, and my pity parties were legendary.