As the  clarity of ‘space’ grows away from what really matters and what doesn’t, there is priority given to preserving what really is left of what people have already ‘taken’ from you to promote themselves. To recognize the ways in which there can be an emotional invasion that will (with great ease) defile and desecrate any and all authenticity can be a hard reality to face. The gift in this awareness is knowing that this type of race is over. When you are content with who you actually are, there is no reason to have compare yourself to others.