It is always easier to be confident in a friendship with someone who I know intimately and from experience. I have a history and a place to dive from when going deeper. I feel safe to open my heart and my soul and the idea that I will be judged harshly is less, because they know me and how I really feel about things. I don't find myself having to explain every emotion and action, because they get it. They get me.......a wonderful place to rest!
The same is true with being in a relationship with me. Weird concept I suppose, but pondering it for a second it resonates on the inside. It says to me that there is a need to be in an intimate friendship with who I am. I need to be aware of how I feel about things and what reactions are me, and which ones are the circumstance or conditions of the atmosphere around me. What are my core values and why do I have them. Are they the result of years of influences from people I love and respect, or are they interwoven by the Craftsman into the very being of me. Good question isn't it? This is where the dividing of spirit and soul can be of great value. Just knowing truth brings a freedom to soar. Even when it is unfamiliar or unrecognizable, it is still of worth. Even if when I have been in those places in my life that I seriously am not sure who I am and what I think, truthfully resting in a knowledge of who He is and what He thinks has reminded me that I am ok, and certainly much better than I thought.
So, what am I saying here? This is it. I need to be my own best friend!!! Ah, isn't that kind of sweet? Seriously, what is it like to be able to be comfortable in all situations because I have a friend there. One that doesn't judge me or criticize my every thought and mood, but one that says "it's all good and growth is inevitable!" Ha....I love this. I want to dig that chick....me! I want to love me! I want to really enjoy my own company......everyday would be a party!
The same is true with being in a relationship with me. Weird concept I suppose, but pondering it for a second it resonates on the inside. It says to me that there is a need to be in an intimate friendship with who I am. I need to be aware of how I feel about things and what reactions are me, and which ones are the circumstance or conditions of the atmosphere around me. What are my core values and why do I have them. Are they the result of years of influences from people I love and respect, or are they interwoven by the Craftsman into the very being of me. Good question isn't it? This is where the dividing of spirit and soul can be of great value. Just knowing truth brings a freedom to soar. Even when it is unfamiliar or unrecognizable, it is still of worth. Even if when I have been in those places in my life that I seriously am not sure who I am and what I think, truthfully resting in a knowledge of who He is and what He thinks has reminded me that I am ok, and certainly much better than I thought.
So, what am I saying here? This is it. I need to be my own best friend!!! Ah, isn't that kind of sweet? Seriously, what is it like to be able to be comfortable in all situations because I have a friend there. One that doesn't judge me or criticize my every thought and mood, but one that says "it's all good and growth is inevitable!" Ha....I love this. I want to dig that chick....me! I want to love me! I want to really enjoy my own company......everyday would be a party!
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Beautiful and true! Where are the classes to sign up? Actually...I know right where they are for me. I so look foward to what others will say about this and how this precious truth will invade the senses of status quo life. Acceptance is such a power...how awesome to realize that sitting next to that Craftsman, we get to love us too! There's a really cool book I like to read to all ages by Max Lacado called Green Noses. It's priceless and stirs the hearts of young and old with this exact topic. If you ever come across it, it's an easy and amazing read! The teenagers I read it to LOVED it! We got to act like we were at circle time...and it really did embrace us and gave us permission to be and live and love us in our own skin!
BTW, if a party is being thrown--I will be there early to help set up! :O) Love you!