Just be you...

So I did a thing today, I sent some of my writing out to a group of friends at work, talk about a little nerve wracking… like putting your personal thoughts out there for all to read. Don’t get me wrong, I love them all dearly and I know the love me just the same but I guess the thing that I am most anxious about is them thinking that I am not a good writer or will think it's just silly or them thinking that I have it all figured out because I DON’T. I guess those are just really my own fears and insecurities coming through and they really have nothing to do with other people at all…  because I say I don’t really care what people think of me but we all know that deep down we all actually really do care what people think. So, today I stepped, alright jumped, right into that fear and it sort of felt empowering… maybe. I am not the best at the whole vulnerability thing, I actually kind of hate it because for some insane reason I think that I have to have it all together which, I have to remind myself is the biggest lie there is going. Because me not having it all together is so much more relatable. But, my friend I am working on it, working on coming to the somewhat silly conclusion that I can’t do it all alone, ha, who knew LOL but believe me I certainly have given it quite the try.  I need people all up in my life… letting them in to this oh so loved mess. So, I tell myself “Rachael, just be you, the messy, insanely loved, strong, gracious, women you were created to be because trying to function in anything else would just be putting on a big ugly mask that doesn’t relate to those around you”. I put that in quotations because even though it sounds so ridiculous I literally say that to myself sometimes even out loud… I know I am that girl, gotta do whatcha gotta do!

Are you like me on many days trying to function out of something that isn’t really you?  What mask do you put on to try and fit in, or fit a certain mold that society has placed on you? When we compare ourselves to others around us it steels all of the joy right out of life. Sweet friend, if I can encourage you in anything today just be you. You were created for something great, something great that only you can do. The world is missing out because you are trying to be something you are not. Stop trying to be someone else, stop comparing your greatness to someone else’s. Just be you and be so great at it!