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There walks amongst us people who are extremely adaptable to their surroundings, right down to the person they are engaging at any particular moment.  People who you seem to build a good rapport with immediately.  They seem to share your views, your likes & dislikes, and your goals and visions.  As a natural next step, you share more personal details, determined that you have found a "friend".

Many of these people are chameleons.  They become what you want or need them to be, and change for the next person.  They have no identity of their own - everything you see has been "borrowed" from someone else (usually you, for the time being).  They want to be your friend, but only while it suits them or until someone better comes along.  Oftentimes, chameleons will take the best parts of you - thoughts, ideas, knowledge - and present them as their own.  It's scary, because while you were looking for someone to validate your idea, they moved it ahead before you could.  Hey - it took you a while to even approach someone else about it, and now they stole it?

I know such a person.  She has been a thorn in my side for almost a year now.  I have had to, out of necessity, dismiss her out of my life before she could do further damage.  But believe me - the damage already has been quite extensive.  She has moved on to the next "victim", but I still find myself upset over the things that "might have been".  More important still, besides the actual ideas and actions, were the core beliefs I had about myself - my confidence, my self-esteem, my sense of worth - that have all been shot to hell.

All because someone didn't have the ability to be their own person.  She often touts "accept me as I am", but we never really know who she is, do we?

why is the world so stressful?  we have jobs to keep and bills to pay and relationships to maintain and what does the media do about this?  society seriously needs to stop forcing people into it's comfort zone, for example i stood up for my scottish heritage and wore a kilt and the whole day all i felt was preasure to conform, there were only a few people to out right say that they thought i was gay but there was still the constant, subtle 'hints' that people thought the same.  ok i'll admit that it is a little weird to see a guy in a kilt just because he can but still this kind of thing is every where just we don't notice it as much.  girls, do you feel your not enough?  guys, do you feel inadequate?  well girls you are beautiful and guys you are strong because God says so!

 

"So God created man in his Own Image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

 

“One thing I ask of the Lord; that I may dwell in his house and to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord.” (Psalm 27:4) (paraphrased)

 

"The Lord is a warrior; the Lord is his name" (Exodus 15:3)

 

so if the bible is something you can trust then why are we looking to the world for the answers about who and what we are when God has told you all you need to know?

So ... I find myself this morning thinking about self-image. Where does it come from? Who defines us ... Who has helped to define me? A number of people have had a monumental influence on who I have become and who I continue to become.  :)

• Obviously my parents played a critical role both biologically and in the way they nurtured me.  Nature + Nurture! 

• One nerdy & humble man of God (first name, Jim) back in my sophomore year in high school, demonstrated that Jesus was bigger than church, bigger than Sunday morning, and alive & able to change lives still. He also let me feel around and find my own way to love Jesus.

• After college, I enlisted in the Army, and was shipped off to a few different places. I landed in Fairbanks, Alaska, certain I'd been set to the absolute end of the world. I was not too happy with God or my life at that point. Still ... God watched out for me, set me in a family there ... a family that loved Him. They became more than just friends ... they became mentors on many levels. (Another Jim & Barb - and 3 kids: Jerry, Lori, & Beth) They all taught me tons of stuff ... TONS! They showed me Family. Discipline. Communication. They became a life sized object lesson that heavily influenced my early notions of family.

• Then ... my Ex ... not a Jim! lol Sadly, he taught me a lot, too, but not usually good fun stuff. I found my marriage certainly didn't fit the mold ... or my dream. Still, I fought for it for nearly 20 years before I walked away, fearful that I would fall into the "mold" of the typical divorced woman. Another image I fought!

• My 3 kids entered this world loved. I've learned bunches from each of them, too, trying to discern their gifts and talents and steer them in their own individual path! I imagine I will continue to learn from them ... I tried to fit into the image I had of a perfect "mom," but ... I just didn't fit it! Then, for a time, I felt like a failure because I couldn't fit it ... sheesh!  So good to know that first, there is no such thing as a perfect mom or dad, and, secondly, since it doesn't exist, I don't have to fit it!  lol

• A company of delightful, fun, and amazing friends ... Someone told me one day when I wasn't thinking very well of myself, that if I line all my friends and family up in my imagination side by side, I will see a reflection of myself in them. Pretty good advice! This notion helped to re-adjust my thinking on a number of occasions.  Check it out!

 

I admit, however, that I'm the kind of person who is just arrogant enough to want to break through the expectations put on me by others.  I remember in 5th grade one day at recess ... (amazing what we remember, hmmm?) Anyway, it had snowed recently, and there was a large pile of snow beside the ball field. The other kids were playing kickball, but this one day, I didn't feel like playing kickball.  I felt like being by myself.  I wandered toward the pile and packed a snow ball, then pensively began to "carve" it with my mittened thumb. My teacher, Mrs. Hornbeck, slowly walked over and asked if I was OK. She interrupted my solitude and it irritated me.  I wanted to be alone. She was concerned for my well-being. Now, if it had been this way everyday, there might be cause for concern, but it wasn't everyday ... just once in a while. She coerced me into joining the kickball game. Fun ... but it wasn't what I wanted to do on that day. Point is ... she misjudged what I was doing and what I needed at the time by putting her expectations on me. 

 

How often do we "coerce" others into some image we have for them?

 

OK ... I digress ... There was a time when my parents were my identity. Then, my college was my chosen identity and I wore it like a badge of honor.  I joined the Army, rebelliously breaking from the path my parents and others may have set for me.  I was offered a commission, but declined it.  I wanted to be respected for my personal performance, not because of the insignia on my collar, so I didn't really fit the military images either.

 

Politics ... religion ... socio-economic ... education ... So many criteria we use to judge and categorize people.  Just like you, I am an individual with personal likes and dislikes, strong opinions, convictions, and beliefs. I've ALIVE ... imperfect ... flawed ... changing ... growing ... challenging ... seeking ... and I care for people ... for individuals. Just when you think you have me figured out ... BOOM!  I'll do or say something that doesn't seem to line up. Have I suddenly changed, or am I still me being me? What's my identity!

 

I tend to become defensive when I, or someone I care about, is "coerced" into something they may not want or believe.  With all the political JUNK going on these days, there is a lot of prejudice.  A few days ago, I wrote a piece about my stand about Iraq.  You may disagree with me, but it is inaccurate to toss me into the pile of "ignorant, uninformed, unthinking Americans" (or other such labels) just because my viewpoint differs from yours.  The same applies to personal, spiritual beliefs.  I happen to believe that Jesus is God incarnate, now residing, by means of the Holy Spirit, within humans who admit their need for Him ... but that doesn't mean I embrace every theological, behavioral, or hypocritical doctrine that you may ascribe to "Christians." 

 

Bottom line? None of us belong in a box. I try not to put my expectations on others or afix premature labels on others for my convenience. Please try to return the favor. This is ME ... feeling my way through this life, mistakes and all! OK? Thanks for your indulgence!  ;)

 

~ B