It Is What It Is

This post is for my mother and for my best friend, two people who are highly supportive of me, but who are also very truthful with me.

I don't know how to express how important it is to have people like this in your life.  I am so grateful for them because I know that everything they say comes from a loving, godly, honest place, even if it's something I don't want to hear.  At the end of the day, it is what it is, and I have to be willing to accept it and be honest with myself about my shortcomings if I am ever to move forward and be consistent and live an overcoming life.

I am in a unique place in my life that sets me apart.  I can either lament it or embrace it.  I can either use it as an excuse or see it as an asset.

I have to be honest and say that there are things about myself that I highly dislike.  Tears well up if I dwell on them too long.  But I am stuck with being me.  And that's okay.