You Are Special
Did you know you are special? Yes You. No one is like you.
You might not be normal, but what is normal anyway. Besides, who would want to be normal?
You have a voice that is unlike anyone else in the world. You speak to people no one else can speak to.
Your story is an original. It is uniquely you and no one can write their story to be just like yours.
The message you have to tell can only be told by you.
However, none of that matters if you do not choose to share YOU with us.
It is going to take you choosing to be transparent.
It may take a level of authenticity that is uncomfortable.
It may require you to stretch yourself, force you to get out of your comfort zone and it will require you to be vulnerable. You will put yourself in a position that allows you to be taken advantage of, hurt, and abused. It is the cost.
At the same time, it will allow you to communicate, help, develop, share, and love like you may not have experienced before.
Be the original you. tell us about you. Lets do this together.
Dang! You are way too on target for my comfort (I know, that’s the point, right?). I was just thinking about this very thing on the way to work today. Sparked from a question on Twitter last week (can’t remember who started it) What non-church leader would you like to have a sit-down meal with? I think someone like Anne Lamott so I could ask her how she is able to be so open, honest and transparent. And I also wonder why I resist it so…
You just fanned the spark into a roaring fire. Thanks for that.
So glad I could help spark the fire. I think we all get to a place where we struggle to live a mask free life. It is scary. We have been trained our entire lives to hide our scares when the reality is our scares are what makes us beautiful.