Life. It sure can be funny. Sad. Stupid. Dark. Ugly. Fun. Lately, it's been full of up and downs. Heck, it always has been full of up and down. One thing about Life lately, it not REAL. People are putting on their mask. Hiding behind their LIFE. Why? We all have messes. We all have bad days. Good days too. But yet we can't be real about them. If we share our Good Days, we are bragging. If we share our bad days, we are getting to personal or people assume we are looking for attention. Share our frustrations, we are looking for help or hand outs. If we share our sadness, we are told we need to seek help (heaven forbid if we have a day we cry and feel sorry for our-self!) If we share anything, we are being judge. Drives me crazy. I am real. Ask me anything, I'll be honest about it. Some call it a Flaw others call it an Gift. My mission in life, is to be as real as I can. You get what you get with me. For years, I was hiding under a rock. So worried about what others thought of me (still do care by the way) but then I realize, being real connects you with REAL RAW people and relationship. Does that mean I air out my life 24/7, no! Does that mean I am perfect, NO! The one thing about doing life Real, you must do it with REAL people and people who are in life with you. Not against you. We need to stop pleasing people and just be with people. This week I have shared some pretty personal stories with with my small groups and some personal feelings with some friends. Was it easy. No but so worth it. Now if they want to go behind my back and share my stories and feelings, so be it. At least I was honest not with just them but with myself. We need to stop hiding behind our mask. Come out of the dark. Live life. Have fun. Connect. I even shared an post this week on FB that was probably one of the hardest thing to share. Asking for help. It seems so easy to ask for help but I think you would agree it's one of the hardest things to ask for and to accept. We often feel weak or feel like we are failing when we ask and receive. Or feel as if we are being judge. How can we change that? How can we be more real in life? I wish I had the answers. I don't. I am not perfect. I don't pretend. Maybe we all just need to do that. Be you. Be REAL.
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