because I am a wreck.
I am a mess.
I am a spot on the pavement.
but no one is perfect.
so i'm slowly learning to forgive my mistakes and
give myself a little grace.
I'm also learning to say, "oh well."
i'm trying to learn to enjoy where I am, rather than wish or worry or wonder.
I'm trying to stand on my own two feet.
then i remember i should really be sitting at yours.
i am indistinct.
i see myself all fuzzy and undefined.
I need definition. from.... something.
I'm in such denial.
(no im not.)
i used to be comfortable with myself, confident in my quirkiness. Then i just stopped trying to be different, and now i can't fit in, and i don't know where to go, so i feel like i've lost that confidence. I don't know what i'm supposed to be confident in.
which, i know, is a terrible thing to say, as a Christian. I should be confident in God, and I am confident that God is God. But Who Am I?
i suppose the purpose of defining myself by his word is that it is the only thing that doesn't change.
all the other interests jobs majors schools friends churches and favorite coffee drinks change.
i feel like a pin ball. im everywhere, and just getting hit a lot.
I probably need to run more, if i'm having this much inner energy pile-up. Also I would like to spar, and i believe im going to start doing all my forms as the sun comes up. i am mr. miyagi.
all i see is a small child, whose voice is light and always ingenuous, pointing, saying, there is god, and hoping i follow truth.
but the storm tossing her hair is my life, about to come crashing down in thunder and lightning.
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I understand the pinball analogy. It is all to familiar and not a real pleasant memory.
What makes you want to fit in? One of the reasons you are absolutely one of my favorite people is because you don't have to fit in to be happy. That is not something that very many people have.
I am not someone who will give you advice...at least not most of the time. I will sit here and listen to you and watch as you find the answer yourself just by talking it through.
You are confident that God is God...if He is God (and we agree on that point) then what He says is how it is. If He says you are His daughter and you are unique then that is how it is. If He says you will have trouble in this world (which He did) then you will have trouble in this world. I leave you with this quote...
"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." -Jesus
You are awesome, smile :)
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