Be An Original Not a Copy

Do you go through life trying to be someone else? Perhaps someone rich and famous or someone you grew up with that you think has it all? Well, Stop.

If God wanted two people to be exactly alike he would have made them that way. Even twins have personality differences.

Questions for you to consider

What's wrong with you or more specifically with your life that you are trying to run away? What do you get out of hiding your true self? Do you make others happy? Or, is it that you have lived a lie for so long that you don't know who you are?

Who dictates How You feel about you?

Vanessa was moved from home to home until she was eight. Her mother was a felon. Whenever she did something wrong it was attributed to her status. The message she received was that she had to be perfect. Do you know what that does to a person? It sets them up for failure. She ended up running away from home at the age of 15 to get away from it.

It was at that time that she remembers experiencing real emotions like anger and love. Someone else had always told her what she was supposed to feel. She learned by bad examples since the people she copied had no control. This example is important because when you accept living like someone else you also accept their problems.

It took her years to learn that she was fine. Learn from her that you are okay and that the love you want will never be really yours as long as you are someone else. Whoever said you had to be flawless? In some cultures people can feel they are measured by their race. As long as others dictate how you feel about you then you will continue to be a victim of this stupidity.

How is the Mansion?

Recently heard a woman talk about how each of us is born with a mansion for a soul and it is filled with lots of rooms. Each room has a name like greed or love. Whenever someone criticizes us about a part of our personality we shut that room off. She said by the time people pick you apart you are left with a two bedroom apartment in need of repair. Her point was that there are traits that you were designed to have that may not be good for others so embrace them and stop apologizing for them.

Poem for You

Envision

Your are exactly as I envisioned the day I set my plan

your grace and loveliness a work of my hand

your dark hair and brown eyes a vision to behold

beautiful was my intent when I began to mold

You are exactly as I envisioned when I spoke your name

sensitive and sweet not hard and vain

your boldness and courage a part of my strength

candid and outspoken this was my intent

If you are confident enough to be who you really are then you enable others to be their self.