MY
FLAWS AND I
This week I came across this article from a site called
Flawnt It Kenya
I was intrigued by the nature of it and that it is a site
that generally helps people to appreciate themselves as they are, flaws and
all. I had to share the links, feel free to check them out. Click on the links
Going to the site helped me think about my flaws, both
physical and emotional. After I read some of the stories I did realize that I
have grown.
Let me explain.
A lot of those stories were very familiar. The stories
where you concentrate on what is wrong with you until they become your truth.
You point out what is wrong with you before you give a chance to what is good
about you.
You always want to be someone else or look to the old
version of yourself and not pay attention to the journey that got you to where
you are now in the first place.
As a woman in Africa, it is easy to live life in passing.
What I mean is that your life can actually pass you by because you are always
waiting for what is next. If that next stage does not come quick enough there
is something wrong with you.
When you are a child, you want to be a teenager, as a
teenager you can’t wait to be in your 20’s so you can be independent, after you
finally get a job you want to get married, after marriage you want to have
kids, when the kids come you want them to grow up, when they are grown you want
to relocate upcountry and wait for life to end.
It is always the next thing in life we look to and we
barely enjoy our present status. There is always more to strive for.
The biggest one that women in Africa get most stressed
about would be the stage of getting married and having children.
You will never hear the end of it until you pass this
stages. People can even forgive you for not having a career, but if you are not
married or do not have kids at a certain age, you are branded as someone who
has something wrong with them. Your faults are always pointed out and used
against you.
I made up my mind to be my personal encourager. I have a
gift of encouraging people, I can easily be a source of encouragement to
another person until one day I stopped and realized that if I believed so much
that it can happen for someone else, why not me?
I became more aware of what I told others and put it upon
myself that as I tell someone something I should back it up with a personal
story so it’s real to me as well.
Like if someone is stressed out about not having a job, I
share that I didn’t have a job for years and how I used my time and by the time
I did get a job I had even learnt to negotiate terms and was a huge asset to
the company. That way I also believe God comes through for people and it’s even
more encouraging when a personal story is tied to it.
I will admit I still have days when I am down dwelling on
what is wrong with me, but I have learnt that it is important not to stay down.
It will not make my flaws go away. In fact my flaws contribute a lot to who I really
am, for it is in them that God shows Himself strong in my life. That is one of
the biggest lessons I have learnt thus far.
I will end with this video clip. I hope it will inspire
you more to embrace life. Click on the link below
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