Hey YOU!

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!    Dr. Seuss

A timely quote for a way overdue check-in! As far as I am concerned, there are enough sources out there trying to tell us otherwise. All the ads geared to showing where we are lacking and how we could just do this one thing and be sooo much better! Make-up, clothes, technology and even FOOD! Being YOU is enough and quite frankly, I believe the world needs you and that is why the Creator and master architect of the universe created you.

 For me, there is a thin line to be towed when seeking to grow, develop and let the Spirit work on you to be your best you. That is remaining myself, yet changing, a balancing act. At your core as the quote says you are simply YOU and while becoming a "better" person don't seek to become someone else, stay true to YOU. God is too wise to be mistaken and your quirks, smile and preferences are uniquely purposed. I know His thoughts towards us are good. On life's journey like yourself, love yourself and celebrate yourself. Seek to grow, develop and progress and I pray you prosper as your soul prospers. Leave this world better than it was before you came into it. Let love be the order of your life. I leave this verse with you that I have to be keeping at the forefront of my mind these days so that I don't yield to the expectations of everyone else or my sometimes ever changing ones. This helps to keep me centered and reminded of the fact that I am not alone or required to figure it out alone but He knows the way I take and wants to show me the best paths for me. 

Since he has been here before me and will be here after me and pretty much knows it all, why should I rely on this world to dictate who I should and shouldn't be? Nah. I choose me, the me that Christ thought was worth dying for, this while submitting to Him to be transformed into His idea of who I should be. 

Proverbs 3:5-6(KJV): Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.