I hope you know …

I’ve wasted a lot of time trying to please other people.  Feels like I have a master’s degree in it.  But gosh it takes So. Much. Energy. to try to figure out what other people might want.  I almost never get it right, either.

The quote above puts into words what I really needed to hear: that I don’t really need to fit in.  I really like who I am down deep, but I guess I’ve been afraid to say that out loud.  Because then I’d have to give myself permission to be unique or different in my own right.

Maybe that’s how everyone feels.  Each of us is unique, no better or worse than the person next to us. And if I can truly embrace all of my uniqueness, then maybe I won’t feel the need to impress or please anyone else except ME!

Question: Have you ever felt that you don’t fit in?

Food For Thought:  Are you trying to be someone or something you don’t want to be?

Challenge:  Could you try being YOU, just for one day?