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As Meg Conley put it, "color OUTSIDE the pinterest sized boxes & fill up the storyboard of your life!" There's so much more in this world that what you've already seen done and created. HEAVEN is the limit, and with the big G-O-D, anything is possible, so what lies have you been believing about your life? You don't have to like Beyonce, or gold accessories, or need to be good at calligraphy, or be addicted to coffee! OR YOU CAN BE! If you you dig it! We are all different for a reason. This is a blessing to be able to push each other forward, to collaborate, to stretch and grow each other. You don't have to be the next big thing in order to create something new and different and inspiring to others. And you certainly don't need anyone else's approval to be awesome or for someone to tell you that you're doing a good job to know it. YOU KNOW IT. You're doing your best and you're so freakishly awesome. Like if someone could see the potential inside of you they'd probably pass out from sheer excitement. Haha or at least that's how God looks at you - with adoring eyes, so I know it's true. What I'm constantly reminded is that instead of striving to achieve things I'm not so sure I care about or striving to impress others, I should be striving to love and honor God with my whole heart. I share these things not because I'm great at them but because I constantly, constantly need to be reminded of them. In Him, joy and purpose are found. If you feel inspired or moved by this, it's not because of me but because of something He is igniting within you! It's amazing. If we constantly seek to please man, we'll just end up lost and displeased with ourselves. But God is a neverending source of everything we need in every moment of life - in the silence and in the chaos. My little told me the other day I should practice what I preach and she's right. I wholeheartedly agree. So hopefully here's a shift towards seeking first to love God and love people wholeheartedly, pursuing the passions He's given me specifically - not anyone else's, and allowing myself to fall more and more in love with the life I've been fortunate enough to receive.
Preach, sister! I know we've been talking about this a lot in person but it fills my heart with joy to know that you're sharing it with the world, because it is SO true. SO SO incredibly true. We need to live by our own rules (and the big G-O-D's haha), and follow our own journey– because it is so incredibly sweet. And if we're too busy gawking at others and their achievements, we'll miss all this life we have to live! YOU ARE AWESOME!
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PS - love your references to our discussions ;) and your outfit post was AH-mazing. Beautiful, as always!
looove this post!
ReplyDelete"don't compare your beginning with someone else's ending."
this is a quote i came across recently and it rang true to me.
i find that social media platforms like instagram, facebook and twitter also have me comparing my life to others.
but like you mentioned so eloquently in your post, we all need to shift our focus away from keeping up with the jones' - or i guess in our current day, the kardashians - and listen attentively to the voice of God and steer ourselves in the direction He so chooses.
easier said than done of course, haha.
:)
vanessa