Why does everyone struggle with that question so much? It should be easy. We should be able to define ourselves without much thought. Instead, it seems impossible.
I know that I don’t like who I am. I know that I want to change. I know that changing seems impossible. Because there are so many things that I *want* to change. I want to change my body. I want to change my work ethic. I want to change the way people see me. I want to change the way I look at people. I want to change so much. I wonder if it’s at all possible.
I want to change my relationship with God. I don’t want to be just a fauxChristian, bopping around with a cross around my neck and an empty heart. And that’s how I feel. I feel so utterly abandoned.
But what’s the first step? The bible? Self-help books? Therapy? A life coach? How do I change any of it?
Scooper said,
March 29, 2006 @ 5:30 am
Maybe you can’t change your circumstances, but as a student your circumstances are changing anyway. What you can change is your attitude.
1) decide that you are beautiful. do it now, because it doesn’t get easier as you get older
2) find out about different ways to make a living until you find one that calls to you, that you feel you have to do – that is your calling – your vocation. your work habits will improve when work is fun.
3) at the core of every human personality is the image of God – look deeply into people until you see it. This will change how other people will see you, because they will know that you have seen them.
May seeing God’s Face in so many faces help you let go of the illusion of being alone.