And that's okay because that is kind of what I want to talk about today.
I've been unsettled and unmotivated lately. I feel like I haven't had much to contribute lately. I think it stems from wanting to be something or someone else. A desire to be attention grabbing, head turning. To be heard and people say, "Ah-Ha! Exactly what I was thinking/what needed to be said." To be seen and they say, "Oooo..Lovely!" To be known... even the ugly stuff... and to be loved and admired.
But "I am what I am." - Popeye
Andy Andrews says in The Noticer,
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"You are not receiving opportunities and encouragement that people have to share for a very simple reason. No one wants to be around you."
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"Young man, you must become a person that others want to be around! This is far and away the greatest success secret in existence."
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"I believe you should ask yourself every day, 'What is it about me that other people would change if they could?'"
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I respectfully disagree. I'm not saying that the opposite is true either. That you should just be who you are without any concern for what people think: to be obstinate, unchanging and cantankerous.
There is a healthy balance in there somewhere. Loving yourself, quirks and all, as God made you and yet being moldable - discerning what you could and should change in order to be more like Him.
So, I want to contribute more. To give more. To be more than I am. But I don't want to lose myself in order to be what everyone else wants. Especially since they don't all want the same thing. ; )
- Do you agree or disagree with Mr. Andrews?
I know this isn't normally the kind of thing I post here but by now you know I'm just a goofball and have come to expect it. ; )
