One of my least favorite things to hear people say is that they're NOT (___fill in awesome compliment___). I'm not pretty. I'm not smart. I'm not funny. I'm not athletic. While some of those are probably true of any of us at any given time, I think that it's important to really delve into the fact that as a person, you're always growing and changing. I get down on myself sometimes too but I think all of us need to remember that there's always an opportunity to learn something new. So here is my list of I'm Not's and the Answer I give myself for them.....
I'm not all that athletic but I'm working on it and I try. No one really taught me how to play sports as a kid as I was raised in a non-athletic, NASCAR family. With that being said, I love to learn new things and I want all of my kids to know how to throw and catch. I'm not all that athletic but I'm trying to improve on that.
I'm not an extraordinary beauty but I'm beautiful because I'm me. I'm not trying to be stuck up when I say that I'm beautiful. I just believe that beauty comes from the inside out and I love who I am on the inside. With that being said, I'm constantly growing and changing as a person so beauty changes with it. It matures as I mature. EVERYONE is beautiful and the world would do itself a service to remember that.
I'm not a genius but I'm intelligent and I'm learning all of the time. I hate when people say that they're not smart. Everyone is smart in their own way and some more ways than one. You might not be "book smart" but you might know every part of a car and how to take it apart and fix it. You might not be "street smart" but you can tell me all the details of various theories and studies. I love to learn about all different things and I believe that we constantly learn new and exciting things all of the time. I may not be a genius but I'm smart because I learn every day.
I'm not special but I'm unique. There is little more grating to me than hearing someone think that they're not special. You ARE special. There is no one else in the world like you. You are wonderful. You are made by God's hand and you are incredible exactly as you are!
I'm not lucky but I'm blessed. I will probably never win the lottery and I will likely never be a millionaire but I am blessed in what I have. I will keep working as hard as I can and I truly believe that God sees and rewards that!
Never let anyone take away your spirit. You are an amazing person exactly as you are. Stop believing the haters. Take your "I'm not's" and make them into "I Am's"
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