Terrie WurzbacherDaily Gratitude – Terrie Wurzbacher https://terriewurzbacher.com Author and Ultrawalker Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183146313 Daily Gratitude https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/08/09/daily-gratitude-398/ https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/08/09/daily-gratitude-398/#respond Sat, 09 Aug 2025 08:49:49 +0000 Terrie Wurzbacher https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/08/09/daily-gratitude-398/ Daily Gratitude: It is surprising how often we forget that we have a relationship with ourselves. We spend so much time worrying about how we relate to others and what others think of us that we have no time to work on what’s going on inside of us. I found this absence of a close relationship with myself to be particularly detrimental during my recent vol state race. Even though the first few days I was ahead of the cutoff (Oprah), I felt I was failing and doing poorly. What I was doing was comparing this year’s results to last years. I know better than to compare what I do with how anyone else does. That took a long time to learn but I’m much better at it now. But I never even thought about what would happen if I compared myself TO myself. It was a disaster but it was more of a subtle and subconscious disaster. I was doing it without even realizing it. I may (probably) have done this all my life but it was never as pronounced as during this race. When I compared myself to myself I also made the mistake of using last year’s results. Had I compared this year’s performance to the other years, I might not have felt so hopeless. But last year was unique and I did well. So using that for comparison was almost like picking an outlier to compare to. Take time to evaluate yourself and your expectations. Are you thinking about how you used to be or things you used to do? That may be fine for nostalgia and memory lane but if you’re trying to be in the present moment, stop it right now. You aren’t the same you you were even 6 months ago – physiologically, mentally or emotionally so there is no comparison. What would you tell a friend or a child if you saw them doing the same thing? Once you figure that out, go find a mirror and repeat it to yourself. Then you will be talking to you and you can work on that relationship right there in the mirror!

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