Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “quote about identity”
“Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure.” I kept mulling over today’s quote as I wrote my blog post. Do I believe it? Embrace it as true? Think it’s good advice to be followed? Maybe. I’m all about honesty, after having faked my way through life for too, too long. I stopped pretending I was someone …
When I was in high school, I was involved in drama, both acting and directing plays. It was always challenging to decide whether to try out for a lead part or a secondary role. And directing? That was a whole other kind of fun. Once I decided which role I wanted, I had to prep, audition, and then wait for the director to …
It’s funny how a person (me) who used to aim for perfection (ha!) now finds beauty in less-than-perfect things. That photograph of the brick wall that I used for today’s quote? I took it while I was on a tour of the Seattle Underground last month. Interesting story, that. The tour consists of walking the main streets and first-floor storefronts of old downtown …
I’ve certainly sat on the ledge and attempted to reason with insecurity … and lost. I’ve tried to calm my self-doubts with both truths and the Truth and found myself staring down, down, down, realizing that insecurity is stone-deaf to that kind of wisdom and good sense. I also agree with my writing friend Jill Buteyn that insecurity is an all-too-willing assassin, one …
Insecurity had it’s way with me for too many years. I wouldn’t say it ruined my beauty … because I didn’t think I was beautiful, inside or out. And that belief … that lie … was the surest sign of insecurity’s hold on my life. We all struggle with self-doubt to some degree. Some of us seem able to withstand …
Oh, I love the truth and the invitation woven in today’s quote. You are filled with beautiful, wonderful things. Experiences. Talents. Personal treasures meant to be shared with others so that they are changed by knowing you. So often we talk about achieving balance … searching for stability … wanting firm ground under our feet. Today, let’s be brave enough …
