02/04/2026
Love this.
Your Journey Alone
The white bear roars into the wind,
fierce and solitary, disciplined,
running its own race through the cold—
not chasing others' paths of gold.
Your journey is yours alone to take,
your path is yours alone to make,
and comparing to another's way
will only lead your heart astray.
Each person walks a different road,
each carries their own unique load,
each has their own timeline and pace,
each runs their own particular race.
To measure yourself against their mile
is to forget your own unique style,
is to dishonor where you've been,
is to dismiss what you have seen.
The only worthy comparison
is to the person you've become
from who you were just yesterday,
from who you were along the way.
Are you kinder than before?
Are you wiser than you were?
Are you braver than you've been?
Are you more yourself within?
These are the questions that matter most,
these determine if you're closer, close
to who you're meant to ultimately be,
to living ally and free.
The bear doesn't look to other bears
to judge if it's ahead or where's
its place within some ranking scheme—
it runs its own wild, fierce dream.
So stop comparing your chapter three
to someone else's twenty,
stop measuring your starting out
against another's finishing shout.
You don't know what they've sacrificed,
what advantages they have priced,
what struggles hide behind their smile,
what they've endured mile after mile.
Your journey has its own design,
its own particular divine
unfolding that belongs to you,
that's perfect in its timing too.
So each day, ask yourself alone:
"Am I better than I've known
myself to be just yesterday?
Have I grown in some small way?"
If yes, then you are right on track,
if yes, then nothing do you lack,
if yes, then you are succeeding well,
regardless of what others tell.
The white bear roars with primal might,
standing fierce in its own right,
not needing validation from
another's journey or outcome.
So roar your own truth to the sky,
run your own race, don't ask why
yours looks different from the rest—
your journey is yours, and that's best.
Compare only to yesterday's you,
measure only if you grew,
and let that be your guiding star,
your measure of how well you are.
