Be Yourself
Be Yourself. Love who are. Find out what you are good at. Do not compare yourself to others. You are unique. Growing up I heard all of the above phrases and more. Funny thing is, I never actually took that advice to heart until much later. I did try to be someone else (or at least imagined I was). I did not always love myself the way I should have. I even thought I was not that gifted at anything. I compared my weaknesses to the strengths of others. I didn't feel like one of a kind when I had braces and glasses. Now that I am raising kids myself, I just can't get over the fact that I felt that way at times. I know for certain that I earned every ounce of confidence I now own. I now realize that every single one of us needs to learn how to be ourselves without worrying about what others may think of us. It is a hard lesson. One I personally learned over years of failures and through prayer. I work with kids 180 days a year and I see first hand how hard it ca