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<span class="s1">One of the most difficult things I’ve ever tried to do is to take an honest look at myself and acknowledge who I really am. That has meant seeing the bad along with the good. I love myself - and I like myself too, don’t get me wrong. But I came to realize that part of really loving yourself is seeing your flaws and working on improving the things you can…</span></div>
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<span class="s1">It’s an ongoing process, and it is the toughest part of being a grown-up, I think, because our natural instinct is to deny or hide from our own responsibility in our behavior and its ensuing repercussions. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">And it is extremely difficult but critical to look at ourselves and own our own <b><i>crap, </i></b>WITHOUT taking the tack of beating ourselves up and falling into a pit of guilt, despair and hopelessness so that we sink into defeat. </span></div>
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I always heard my parents and other ‘grown-ups’ say they never knew life would be so challenging and that we should enjoy our youth because being a grown up sucked (not in those exact words but you know what I mean…) </div>
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<span class="s1">I never really understood it till this time of my life when I started on this journey to commit to living the best life I can by being the best I can be. You would think that sounds like a journey to see butterflies and zebras along a pathway filled with daisies and sunflowers - like a fun, positive, healthy thing. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">And it is - but to get to the destination, you have to go through the twists and turns, the hills and gullies, the highs and lows of dealing with yourself exactly where you are - <i>the good, the bad and the ugly. </i> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">That’s the part you don’t expect - and yet it is the only way to get to the destination.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Some parts of this journey are deeply personal. Some are intensely painful, to be honest, while others</span></div>
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are completely exhilarating. Most importantly though, I think it’s important to share the things we can, because each one of us needs to go through this journey at some point - and while we can’t share everything with each other, we can certainly remind each other that we are not alone in this and encourage each other to not give up and to keep fighting forward - because each of us deserves to live our best life. <br />
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sevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980409470098609795noreply@blogger.com0Heron Bay, Coral Springs26.30624 -80.289276tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128723312185845827.post-49262552759885315642014-07-04T13:52:00.000-04:002014-07-04T14:12:41.207-04:00The Rubik's Cube<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ever had one of those days when life feels like a Rubik's Cube? (Remember those?) I mean a day when no matter how you twist it and turn it, life is an unsolvable puzzle! Nothing you do makes the pieces fit together the way they're supposed to.</div>
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When I woke up this morning, in the still, dark, soft quiet of my room, my first thought was, "Uggghhhh!!! Head and heart still hurting and I am going to stay under these covers and pretend it's still night time!"</div>
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But God… (those famous words, right?) </div>
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But God had other plans. As I lay there, He spoke to me. He is the One who gave me the image of the Rubik's Cube. And he said, "Just give it to me… I will solve the puzzle. I will put all the pieces together the way they really are supposed to fit. Let go and give it to me…"</div>
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So I did… I gave it to Him, who is able to 'fix' things as only He can. In my hands that rubik's cube is a twisty, turny crazy box of squares that want to go in all kinds of crazy directions, and never the right one. </div>
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In His hands, the rubik's cube of my life fits and works just right. And so I wait expectantly, because He is always faithful to His promises. </div>
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His love never fails!</div>
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Ephesians 3:20 CEB</div>
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Glory to God, who is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or imagine by his power at work within us;</div>
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