Do you know who you are? Deep down in your core? When you wake up in the morning, do you know exactly what you are meant to do that day – or do you still grapple with the question, “What is my purpose?” You know, I thought I would have found myself by the time I turned thirty. Though I have made huge recent strides in self-exploration, there are still days when I’m unsure of myself. As a child, my career aspirations changed with each grade. As a five-year-old, I wanted to be a teacher. A little while later, I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to be a writer in the third grade and in the fourth … [Read more...]
Accepting Who I Really Am Changed My Life!
Have you ever tried to be someone you’re not? Or, have you ever tried to be someone you’re not for so long that you lost touch with your authentic self? I certainly have... and it was my husband, Eric, who challenged me. He saw something different in me than I saw in myself. I honestly believed I was one personality type with a traditionalist temperament as well as a fairly scheduled and organized person. I was brought up to behave that way and I was taught (and learned) that was the best way to live. Sure, I struggled to keep my house clean, I was late everywhere, and I hated following … [Read more...]
Connecting without Losing Your Identity
Have you ever witnessed a friend change after getting into a relationship? A red flag goes up when a woman who was politically passionate suddenly begins pouring all of her free time into fishing or hunting with her boyfriend. There are also eyebrows raised when a man who loves sports trades in his cleats for tickets to the opera. We need to take an interest in what our sweeties’ enjoy, but we have to be careful not to lose ourselves in someone else’s world. We can connect with our honeys while maintaining our own identity. Always Keep Your Group of Friends and Spend Time with Them … [Read more...]
Looking for Connection in All the Wrong Places
Is it merely love – or deep connections with others that we seek? After all, we can love others without even knowing them. When a family chooses to send money to Compassion International each month so a child can have a better future, they are giving love (assuming they do it with proper motives); but, there is only a slim chance that those children will ever meet their sponsors in person. Is giving money to someone out of love enough to feed their soul? No. Those kids need to be hugged, read to, sung to, played with, and cherished. My desire for all the kids of the world would be a full … [Read more...]
Seven Steps to Being Honest with Yourself (Connecting Through Honesty, Part 3)
“Mom, I do not understand why I am struggling with this submission thing. I always thought of myself as a submissive person.” “Really? I’ve never thought of you as a submissive person.” Leave it to Mom to give it to me straight. ~smile~ Sometimes, we are blind when it comes to our own strengths and weaknesses. We may not realize how our attitudes and actions come across to the world. We may think we are sweet and kind while the world sees us as insecure and insincere. Or, we may think of ourselves as awkward and uninteresting while the world sees us as funny and engaging. There will … [Read more...]
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