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Guess what? I'm me, and you are you. Heather, hmm, she's heather. Jessica Alba...she's herself. Ryan Reynolds, yep you guessed it, he is himself as well. You don't seem surprised, in fact, you are slightly raising one eyebrow as you read this thinking, "What is she getting at?" Or maybe you get it exactly, and you know where I'm going with this. Either way, I hope you're enlightened.
You see, God made us to be exactly who we are, and you wouldn't expect someone to be someone else. You wouldn't expect your daughter to be the other little girl down the street. We obviously expect people to be themselves, right? ...Or do we? How many times have you looked at someone and thought, "What is she thinking?", or "I can't believe he's embarrassing himself like that.", or maybe "I could give her my own two sense about that." We have plenty of advice to give other people. We want to tell them how they should be and who they should be like. We want to tell them how they should be living their life and all the ways they don't conform to our cookie cutter. We compare them to other people and the standards that other groups of people hold. But the thing about your cookie cutter, is that it was created by YOU. And unfortunately, my friend, we are wrong.
Can I tell you something, friend to friend? You're beautiful. Your ideas are unique and fantastic. You are worth much more than anything money could ever buy. You deserve to be treated with respect. You are good at certain things that I am quite terrible at. You are marvelous, special, and one-of-a-kind. I would never expect, ask, or want you to be anything except yourself. Sure, maybe you have some rough edges. Maybe you feel like you're at the end of your rope and you have nothing left to give. Maybe you are just unsure of who you are right now. That's okay. Because even if you haven't figured it all out, even if you don't have it altogether...one day you'll get it. You will always be you, and there is plenty of time to discover and learn more about yourself, because guess what...you're not going anywhere! Things happen for a purpose...you are you because you were supposed to be you.
So STOP trying to be like anyone else. Stop trying to be the girl he likes, or the guy that is the toughest. Stop trying to be the perfect package. You already are. The greatest gift you could give the world and yourself would be to accept yourself the way you were hand crafted by the creator of the universe. He made you to be you. Not to be Cindy, Janet, Matthew, or Mr. Wonderful. Get it yet? The world creates these cookie cutters. Look like this, act like this, sleep with him, sleep with her, get your fill, spend money on this, lie about this, pretend to be good at this, you better be thinner, you better be cooler......ITS ALL CRAP. Excuse me if I startled you, but I'm tired of the lies. Just be you. There is NOT ONE SOUL that is the same as yours. Be unique, celebrate your identity! I want to get to know you, because I know there is no one else out there that is quite like YOU.
Accept your faults because they make you just as beautiful as the things in which you excel. Remember, you're just a beautiful mess. Be you. Not me.
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
