Who am I again??
No, it's not Alzheimer's yet. Altho' at times.....
nevermind.
The other day, I read a message on a church sign, that I've been mulling over:
"WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE"
The possibilities are overwhelming if you think about it. But ultimately, boil it all down....it is true. Much more accurate than "You are what you eat!" We are, a cumulative product of what we do in life.
Some of it is rolled up in 'role play'. We all start out the same: CHILD. Son, daughter, a sibling or a solo....none of us get here full grown, and from birth on, we are constantly fulfilling SOME role in SOMEONE'S life until the day we die -- and then we fill a box and a nicely dug hole.
Between those oh-so-common beginnings and endings. There are many paths we might take -- with a variety of roles to play. Some of mine are wife, friend, mother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, neighbor, co-worker.....
you get the point.
But more than those roles we ARE, are the quantity of things we DO. How do THEY shape us?
~I worship. It's been a circuitous and sometimes tumultuous route, but I am more content and at peace in the Lord than ever before in my life. I no longer pretend to know what it is He is doing in my life or predict what He is going to do next. I have blissfully surrendered and submitted. I worship Him along and above all others and we're just cool like that.
~I write; and therefore, here, you read me. This makes me choosy about word choices (btw -- I'm choosy about peanut butter, too, and SOO glad that Peter Pan has returned to my supermarket shelf!!!!) and tone and intent and point of view.
~I create. It is my deepest belief that because we are "created in His image", and He is a creator of beautiful things, He 'installed' a CREATE 1.0 program in each of us. And that we each should find something to do with out hands to make the world a more beautiful place, or bring a smile to faces.....even if it is only our own. (A favorite topic, I'll ramble on about this at length in future blogspots. So -- I am happier and more contented and more rested if I allow myself that perfect little pleasure of MAKING something with my hands. I sew, I crochet, I scrapbook, I craft, I mosaic, I paint, I decorate, I garden, I cook, etc. And despite the fact that a few of those things have brought me a profit, I still don't think I do any of them particularly well. But one thing I have learned is that I NEED to do something.
~I love. I was brought up without many outward displays of love and it took me a good deal of time to figure out how to be decent at it. I'm still making up for lost time. I try not to let a single day slip past without telling my husband and children that I love them.
~I laugh. I LOVE to laugh and laugh often. I am easily amused and entertained. I believe in the quote, "A day without laughter is like a day without sunshine." I enjoy sharing and receiving humor.
~I feel. I had the task of trying to explain the word 'sympathy' to my GrandDoll the other day. Most simply, it's what SHE is. Always able to feel for others and what they might be experiencing. A special gift in a child. I'm not sure if I was anything like that as a child...but I know I am now. In any situation I can put myself in another's shoes and imagine their plight in life. I don't ever want to lose that.
So, Who am I again?
Oh, yeah, I'm that worshipful, loving, laughing, creating, writer person -- with the hat collection. "Nana Renan"
nevermind.
The other day, I read a message on a church sign, that I've been mulling over:
"WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE"
The possibilities are overwhelming if you think about it. But ultimately, boil it all down....it is true. Much more accurate than "You are what you eat!" We are, a cumulative product of what we do in life.
Some of it is rolled up in 'role play'. We all start out the same: CHILD. Son, daughter, a sibling or a solo....none of us get here full grown, and from birth on, we are constantly fulfilling SOME role in SOMEONE'S life until the day we die -- and then we fill a box and a nicely dug hole.
Between those oh-so-common beginnings and endings. There are many paths we might take -- with a variety of roles to play. Some of mine are wife, friend, mother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, neighbor, co-worker.....
you get the point.
But more than those roles we ARE, are the quantity of things we DO. How do THEY shape us?
~I worship. It's been a circuitous and sometimes tumultuous route, but I am more content and at peace in the Lord than ever before in my life. I no longer pretend to know what it is He is doing in my life or predict what He is going to do next. I have blissfully surrendered and submitted. I worship Him along and above all others and we're just cool like that.
~I write; and therefore, here, you read me. This makes me choosy about word choices (btw -- I'm choosy about peanut butter, too, and SOO glad that Peter Pan has returned to my supermarket shelf!!!!) and tone and intent and point of view.
~I create. It is my deepest belief that because we are "created in His image", and He is a creator of beautiful things, He 'installed' a CREATE 1.0 program in each of us. And that we each should find something to do with out hands to make the world a more beautiful place, or bring a smile to faces.....even if it is only our own. (A favorite topic, I'll ramble on about this at length in future blogspots. So -- I am happier and more contented and more rested if I allow myself that perfect little pleasure of MAKING something with my hands. I sew, I crochet, I scrapbook, I craft, I mosaic, I paint, I decorate, I garden, I cook, etc. And despite the fact that a few of those things have brought me a profit, I still don't think I do any of them particularly well. But one thing I have learned is that I NEED to do something.
~I love. I was brought up without many outward displays of love and it took me a good deal of time to figure out how to be decent at it. I'm still making up for lost time. I try not to let a single day slip past without telling my husband and children that I love them.
~I laugh. I LOVE to laugh and laugh often. I am easily amused and entertained. I believe in the quote, "A day without laughter is like a day without sunshine." I enjoy sharing and receiving humor.
~I feel. I had the task of trying to explain the word 'sympathy' to my GrandDoll the other day. Most simply, it's what SHE is. Always able to feel for others and what they might be experiencing. A special gift in a child. I'm not sure if I was anything like that as a child...but I know I am now. In any situation I can put myself in another's shoes and imagine their plight in life. I don't ever want to lose that.
So, Who am I again?
Oh, yeah, I'm that worshipful, loving, laughing, creating, writer person -- with the hat collection. "Nana Renan"
Comments