.....but I don’t think that’s really the way it works.
Finding yourself sounds like “you” are out there that knowing who you are is a process of going. Yet it seems in so many ways that it’s really more about staying. Staying true to who you are…even when others don't agree with your decisions. Staying courageous enough to say “yes” to what God asks…even if you’re scared. Staying open to life and love…even when hard times make you want to slam the door of your heart.
It’s the staying that makes us.
And it’s the staying that leads, in the end, to the finding. The knowing. Who we are. What we’re called to do. To looking in the mirror and seeing a woman who is learning to be who she is smiling back–at least on more days than not. We don’t have to find ourselves, we simply have to come home to who we already are…
and i'm learning this more and more every day.
I really love this. And you are so right. I've been very introspective the last several weeks. Just taking some time to truly be still. And you're phrase of "we simply have to come home to who we already are" really hits the nail on where I'm at. I've spent too long being apologetic for the way that I've evolved, thinking that somehow in changing i've lost some sort of spark...but really I believe that my spark has only become brighter, because the older I get the MORE i seem to come into my own...the more accepting I am of who i am. If my "friends" aren't willing and able to embrace who I am and go on that journey into acceptance of self with me, well then I truly question whether they are actually "friends." Good words, lady. I love listening to the wheels in your mind crank! ;)-ALICE
ReplyDeleteOh Alice, I often ask myself why you and I aren't the best of friends.
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