Don't get me wrong, I love and appreciate you for who you are. I admire the gifts and talents you possess and the way you use them. I think you are great! There was I time when I wanted to be like you in some type of way. I would see things in you that I didn't see in myself and it made me jealous and discontent (gasp! tsk tsk, shame on me!).
Not anymore. I have learned (through a long and hard process), to accept and embrace who I am with all my faults and flaws. I don't want to be like you, I want to be like me. Me who is being transformed daily into what God is crafting and working so diligently on!
There is a children's book that sits on our shelf that I cherish. It is called, "Edward the Emu." If you haven't read this book, you should. It's gold! Edward was so bored and sick of being a plain 'ol emu. He was convinced that all of the other animals in the zoo were more exciting. Each day he would sneek into another's habitat and mimic them. Eventually, while pretending to be something else, he overheard a visitor say how they loved the emus the best. Edward was shocked. He went back home, realizing that he had just as much to offer as anyone else.
Each time we read this, I ask the kids what the story is about and they respond with, "be yourself and not someone else." I am sure there are other interpretations of the story, but I like that answer. I really do.
Hopefully you are not like Edward. Choose to love and accept you for you!
Peace Out!
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
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5 comments:
Good for wonderful you!! It's about time!
I love those books too! Did I give them to your kids? I know I gave them to Greg's! Do you have "Edwina the Emu"? That's a good sequel.
I wish I was able to love who I am - that's really hard for me too! I always knew you struggled with that, but could never understand why - you always seemed to have it together and "all figured out"!
I think you're great the way you are!
Things aren't always as they seem....no one has it all figured out!
yes, you gave it to us while in Bermuda. No, we don't have the sequel. And there is nothing not to like about you!
Wonderful post! I am working on liking myself and just being me...long process and one day I will just stop looking at my flaws as bad things...they have shaped me into who I am today, and I am starting to like the person staring in the mirror at me everyday! Kudos to you!
Wonderful post. So very true and so very hard. I struggle with that but have gotten much much better at just being happy with what and who i am. long way from content in it though
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