Who We Are
"How we live is the ultimate expression of what we truly believe."
It has been sometime since I have been comfortable in my own skin. I cannot remember the exact time in my life where I did not get up and worry about how I looked, what I would wear, what people would think, or if I would have someone to talk to at the end of the day. I cannot remember the last time, but lately I have remembered how it feels not to worry.
I think, know, that we all go through a time in our life where we feel frumpy and awkward. We all have a school picture that humbles us. I, myself, have a whole collection that could be used to play a card game. My pictures are a reminder of the struggles that I encountered growing-up. Never once did my family's support stumble. Never once did I doubt my family's support. It was the outside world that challenged me. My response was not to stand-up and shout "Here I am. Take me or leave me." My response was to busy myself. As long as I was moving, doing, running, or sleeping, the outside world could not declare victory.
The past month has been typical from the outside perspective. I have not met the girl of my dreams, landed the job of my dreams, or found the answer to the age-old question "What is the purpose of life?" I have found myself-in a simple and a non-Hollywood blockbuster moment. I can now stand-up and shout "Here I am. Take me or leave me."
We all are taken on a journey that defines us. We all find ourselves. We all stumble. We all fall. Looking back, I can now see that it was not my moments of glory that defined me, but it was in my stumbles and when I fell that I found myself, when I was defined.
I will stumble and fall again...I hope so because these are the moments where I found myself.
Now that I have found myself, I can start to live. I do not have to busy myself. I do not have to worry. Life happens. If I worry about it all to much then I am missing some of the best moments.
"Adversity does not build character...it reavls it."
Who we truly are is revealed.
It has been sometime since I have been comfortable in my own skin. I cannot remember the exact time in my life where I did not get up and worry about how I looked, what I would wear, what people would think, or if I would have someone to talk to at the end of the day. I cannot remember the last time, but lately I have remembered how it feels not to worry.
I think, know, that we all go through a time in our life where we feel frumpy and awkward. We all have a school picture that humbles us. I, myself, have a whole collection that could be used to play a card game. My pictures are a reminder of the struggles that I encountered growing-up. Never once did my family's support stumble. Never once did I doubt my family's support. It was the outside world that challenged me. My response was not to stand-up and shout "Here I am. Take me or leave me." My response was to busy myself. As long as I was moving, doing, running, or sleeping, the outside world could not declare victory.
The past month has been typical from the outside perspective. I have not met the girl of my dreams, landed the job of my dreams, or found the answer to the age-old question "What is the purpose of life?" I have found myself-in a simple and a non-Hollywood blockbuster moment. I can now stand-up and shout "Here I am. Take me or leave me."
We all are taken on a journey that defines us. We all find ourselves. We all stumble. We all fall. Looking back, I can now see that it was not my moments of glory that defined me, but it was in my stumbles and when I fell that I found myself, when I was defined.
I will stumble and fall again...I hope so because these are the moments where I found myself.
Now that I have found myself, I can start to live. I do not have to busy myself. I do not have to worry. Life happens. If I worry about it all to much then I am missing some of the best moments.
"Adversity does not build character...it reavls it."
Who we truly are is revealed.
posted by Jeremy David at 9:10 AM
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