Thursday, September 20, 2012

Finding Our Own Voice

"To be nobody but yourself in a world doing its best to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human can ever fight and never stop fighting." 
~ e. e. cummings ~

Finding our own voice in a world that is pushing and pulling at us, and shouting loudly over us, is often like finding a rare coin at the bottom of your purse. You'll delight in its discovery, aim to keep it forever, and you will make every effort to tend carefully to its safety. And someone else will want that treasure too. If they have found it first, then it's something we believe must have ourselves. In the discovery of finding our voice comes some level of abandon, and with that we find beautiful inspiration. What do I have to say that fear denies it a voice? It's always okay to stand out in a field full of conformity. I believe it is essential to let our own color shine, and maybe even showoff a bit. If we are to live freely and on purpose, we must uncover the bonds that keep us in the stranglehold the world chooses to call average. It is more than ok to be a white tulip in a sea full of pink ones. It is our calling. It is our privilege. And in this, we give the Creator glory. Besides that, we'll be so much easier to find.  

"Before you were formed in your mother's womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." ~ Jer 1:5


~Susan Renée