Embrace your Imperfections

Birthday's always inspire me to do something .. evaluate where I am and who I am. 

What I am finding out the older I get is the more I embrace my imperfections.  

We live in a world that is constantly telling us to be 'perfect'  I am too old to know that we are never going to be perfect and more importantly that the world just wants us to constantly question who we are.  

Heck - even our phones take out any flaws and make us look... way more spectacular that we really look:

"Face Beauty Auto"

"Real life me"

So today, I am turning off auto filter and letting you know some of my imperfections! 

1. I have no musical talent WHAT SO EVER … and when I sing along with the radio (which I do often and so much enjoy)  I am out of tune, the lyrics are half wrong, and even though I look like I might be the best headbanger in the world.. I am not.  

2. I worry way too much.  I worry about my family, my career, even my electric bill.. I worry when I shouldn't.  I worry so much at times - I don't sleep and then I worry about my health and well being.  I know that My faith tells me to not worry.. but then I worry I am living my faith all wrong.  

3.  I know I shouldn't care what people think of me... but I secretly do.  I guess we all want to be liked and one of the "cool popular" people.  We try way to hard to be the "perfect" friend or people pleaser.  I want to seem cool.. have cool hair... make cool things.  But I know deep down I am not cool 99.9% of the time. 

4. My body is far - far - far from perfect. I have gray hair.  I have crocked teeth.  I have scars.  I have acne.  I have wrinkles.  And I have stretch marks.  My ideal weight is off about 15 pounds and my cholesterol is starting to border on the higher side. My hair is frizzy all the time.  I don't get enough good sleep so I am starting to look like a raccoon at times.  I am never going to be a model and the true is I am short and somewhat stalky.  

5. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.  I am constantly setting up some lofty goals because I am secretly trying to figure out my purpose in life.  What am I good at, What makes the world a little more better?  What am I doing with my life?  I feel like I am constantly challenging the status quo but stuck in the I must live the "Happy American Dream."  And yet, I am doing everything in my power to keep up with the 'Jones' and grow my 401K, so one day I can say: "I made it."  

            and that's only a few... so many more..

I believe, we all need to be a little more transparent instead of letting the "Face beauty auto" correct us.  The world tell us who we should be.  What we should look like.  How "Perfect" is suppose to look like.

We need to embrace those imperfections.  

Raising a daughter has taught me that it's ok to show your true self.  Lead by example and teach your daughters (and sons) that it's ok to be yourself and true to who you are. You shouldn't have to hide any imprecations because we all have them and they make use all unique. 

God made us all beautiful in our own ways and he loves us even in our imperfections.  

We all need to love ourselves for what we are instead of hating ourselves for what we're not. 

#embraceyourimperfections