When people suffer traumatic experiences most of them go into isolation and a period of what they like to call reinvention. This happens mostly when a person experiences the lost of a loved one via a bad break up… trust me, I know. Granted; this happens when a person unexpectedly loses their job, or their house; anything that is massively important in their lives. To lose something so unexpectedly is harder than anything else we have to deal with because we can’t mentally and/or emotionally (financially) prepare ourselves for the back lash. Why, when we go through these experiences, do we feel the need to reinvent ourselves like somehow we weren’t adequate enough to be with or to keep that job or to support your family, etc… Like we were/are the problem? We, you, me… are NOT the problem.
If you want to change a few aspects of yourself that you consider negative then fine, change them, better yourself, but reinvention? Why? I used to think I wanted to change everything about me, reinvent myself so that I was the best thing since oxygen and sunshine. Now, I realize that I’ve BEEN the best thing since oxygen and sunshine— You ain’t know??! There’s nothing wrong with me or my actions. I am who I am and that’s fabulous. I look fabulous and the things I do for myself, my family, my friends and my community are absolutely FABULOUS and I dare someone to tell me otherwise.
Before any of you consider changing you or reinventing yourself stop and think. Are you really making these changes for you? If you’re not doing these things because YOU feel like you need the change, then don’t do it. There is no reason to have to have to conform to fit inside another person’s box of perfection. Each one of us is perfect in our own right. How is it that someone can say we are worth less than what we KNOW we’re worth. We KNOW we do the job to the greatest of our ability, we KNOW we love with all our heart, we KNOW we’re able to do whatever it takes no matter the obstacle.
Never let a person or a circumstance have you believe that you have need to change who you are. Be comfortable in your own skin. Appreciation is just around the corner. All you need to do is be patient.
First Joel O, now this. God is up to something. My steps are ordered by the Lord. Make it work. Praise to You Lord Christ.
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