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Being true to yourself isn’t easy- it means taking risks, realizing your faults, conquering your fears, and acting when it’s not convenient.
But really, I feel that this is SO important for women [and men!] today. I’m not writing these 30 days of posts geared towards just women, I just feel as though women respond differently! Don’t get me wrong, I love my hubby-liscious - possibly more than life itself, but he responds differently and so do I.
Women can get upset at the drop of a hat, make decisions based on emotions, and become OBSESSED with things related to emotion-filled life changing events. Men, on the other hand, have a tendency to look at more things objectively - take things into consideration, and look from a logical point of view. If I didn’t have my other half, I tell you - I’d be a mess.
But back to staying true to you. Many times we look at other’s lives and think - wow, they have it all - the fancy cars, the vacation, the flashes/lenses {ok, that’s just me…but still} - and we can fill our hearts full of jealousy. The reality is that EVERYONE has issues in their lives…they all have dealt with sadness, death, slumps, etc. The mathematical way of thinking about this is: jealousy=poison.
j+a[anger]=living in a slump.
I’ve absolutely been there & it takes SO much to get out of that feeling. The truth is that God wants you to start where you are. Whether it’s in debt or debt free, with a job or without, with faithful friends or without, with a spouse or without. The jealousy that rules {think FB, blogs} - is seen every day. Don’t we only post good things? Don’t we only see the tidied houses? Don’t we only see the touched up pictures? Don’t we see fancy cars parked in driveways of fancy houses only to not see what’s behind those doors?
Be thankful where you are. And when you are, you can honestly be true to yourself.
It’s so hard, it’s so easy to fall into a slump, it’s so tempting to think you are the only one - but your not.
Being true to you is one of the foundations to a happy life.
It’s a breath of fresh air.
I’s the ONLY way to live.
Be true to you - realize that your faults are what make YOU YOU. Your tendencies are the ones that give you personality & life. Why not embrace them?
Need help on realizing the many blessings you have? Start a 5 day gratitude journal that you write EVERY night. When you write down everything you are grateful for, it’s so easy to see how your life is completely yours.
My favorite blog post for the week was seeing Young House Love’s Sherry walk through her house and show her mess. Wow. It made me feel like - you know what? They are a nationally known couple who blogs about their house & they have clothes scattered too!
Start where you are-you are there for a reason.
With love always,
Lida
P.s. And in case you wanted to see it, here’s the link (warning, a little shaky…but soooo necessary!) - I love this couple! Follow them too! YHL Rocks
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