Mirror Mirror On the Wall

As you look in the mirror, do you see someone that you are proud of?

Look in your eyes. What do you see? They say that your eyes are a reflection of what’s in your soul. If that's true, then when I look in my eyes I see a hurting, slightly shy girl who is masking her insecurities behind popularity, achievement, and pride.

When we were young, we used to dream about how we would be like when we were older, more mature. We had plans. We would lie there for hours just imagining what it would be like to be 'grown up.' Now that we have reached the grown-up years, are we what we imagined?

Life is full of compromises and challenges. We bend and break ourselves to fit reality. But the honest truth is there is always something about ourselves that we think 'hmm...that could be better.' or 'I wish it wasn't like that.'

So my question is, why don’t we change it? Where is the motivation? We need to get up; change things... start making a difference in our own lives. We all say that we want to make a difference in this world. Actually physically make the world a better place. The truth is, none of that will happen until we get our own lives semi-figured out. Start now. Change something...make it better.

Taking small steps towards the person we dreamed about when we were five, the person that we wish we were now, and the person that we will be proud of being when we're 80. Make that person, a reality. Today. No more waiting. Move.

Let it rain, let it pour

The moment where your world comes crashing down around you and you realize, not for the first time, that life isnt perfect and never will be. There are moment where you can almost see the light. A ray of hope in someones eyes, a glint of sunshine in someones smile; but just like that the moment passes and life is once again filled with the ever darkening rain clouds. You look up at the sky and wonder why it can't just clear up for once. You run home...hoping that your legs will carry you fast enough to get to shelter in time, but the rain comes down. Catching you in a cascade of doubt, fear, you name it, its coming down in torrents. A torenchial downpour. Where is the hope? The reason for living?
Stop a moment and stand there. Life goes on around you and leaves you spinning. Throw up your hands in surrender and look up at the sky and feel the rain fall down on your face. Pain just means your still alive, still going on. No matter how hard life gets, keep going. Forever more truging through life. Rubber boots and an umbrella.

Umbrella Shop

Life is hard. We encounter things every day that leave us
reeling and wondering why we even try to go on. We wonder what the right way
is; where to go and even why to go there. What’s the point of life?
It rains, and when it rains, it pours. We get caught in the
rain and can’t see three feet in front of us.
The truth is, there is always an answer. We stand there at
any given point in our lives and have at least four ways to go. Forward,
backwards, left, or right. All we have to do is choose. The rain gets in the
way, and downpours. Dampening our hearts, our spirits, and making it hard to
see.
There is a solution to that too… An umbrella.
This is my First blog. I’m posting things that have to do
with my life. Anonymous, and hopefully things that everyone can relate too.
Finding solutions together. The Umbrella Shop is an invention that God
put on my heart. I’m not going to complain about life or rant about the things
happening to me, I’m just laying everything before my God and finding
solutions. Enjoying the Rain underneath my Umbrella.