Advice can be a hard pill to swallow, especially if the words are not what you would like them to be. Then there are those times when you want so desperately to believe them, but for whatever reason you just cannot seem to believe them. Some words given to me in the past such as, ‘Don’t look back’ or ‘Move on because you cannot change the past’ or ‘Be happy where you are’ and many more are great words of advice, but the absolute best advice I have ever been given (and oh, how I wish I had received it then) would be the words, ‘Just be you’.
Three simple words that if received would have made my life so much better were heard, then tossed aside like the most ridiculous words ever spoken. But, how wrong I was. Just be you are words I like to give everyone because the truth is if we all would do this imagine the diversity this world would have. The fun, the laughter, the creativity, the adventures, the simply being ok with exactly who you are right where you are would make life so much better.
But, we rarely until much later see this to be true. We scramble trying to fit in by being like others and the outcome is disastrous. We become tired, angry, unsettled because trying to fit me into someone else’s mold is overwhelming and never works.
You see, when you and I were made, the blueprint was thrown away. There will never be another just like yourself so when you live life trying to be someone else, the world is robbed of that one of a kind person you were made to be and the person you are imitating becomes too much for you. You were made to just be you and the world waits anxiously for what you will contribute.
So, remember the words, ‘Just Be You’ and live by them daily. I offer the advice, ‘Just Be You’ to all who read this post and how I hope you run with them. The world and I await the gift of You.
When God Speaks 
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