As we start this new year there are advertisements everywhere for ways to make a new you. You can join the gym or weight watchers. You can finally get yourself and your house organized. You can learn a new hobby or quit a bad habit. Although all of these can be good and helpful, all too often all I see is that I am not good enough. (I know that most people running these programs want to help people and improve their lives. It is just the way I look at it that is a problem.) To be good enough I must join or buy their program.
What if instead of falling into the trap of not being good enough this year we start the year knowing we are enough. Nothing we can do no amount of weight we lose will make us feel worthy. (Although I am a big proponent for a healthy lifestyle and do workout with a trainer.) There isn’t a program we can buy that will fill up what we are missing.
So what is the answer? For me the answer comes in having a firm belief in who I really am. Knowing that I am a child of God. That He created us and he sent His Son to die for us. Having that knowledge has made all the difference for me. It makes being able to see these advertisements for what they are; helps to build my life but not the foundation to build my life on.
As we begin this year I encourage you to find the basis for what you can build your life on. Take the time to build a firm foundation so that other people’s ideas don’t influence the way that you feel about yourself. Know that you are loved and that you have something unique to offer the world!
The world doesn’t need a new you and neither do you. What is needed is for each of us to just be the real us. It is my goal this year to be the real me. To share the things I have learned. To help those around. One way I am going to do that is through this blog. I am going to share more of my story and things that have helped me. New posts will be here every Tuesday and Friday. Please come visit often. And remember you are perfect just the way you are.
Great post Janna!
I used to say “it’s better than good, it’s good enough” as a punchline to my laziness. I know now how true it can be. There’s always bigger, better, stronger, faster…
At what point do we realize that today, right now, I’m satisfied?
Nothing wrong with self improvement or making things better as long as people can appreciate the now.
Appreciating the now is so hard sometimes but so important! What do you do to help you remember now is good?
I count the time(s) I’ve said, “this is way better than I thought it’d be”.
Love it!