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As I was reading yesterday, I came across the word “worthful”. It feels a little awkward coming off the tongue, but yet it is intriguing as well. It means to “have worth or merit or value” or “being of worth”. While that seems pretty simple, it’s not a word one hears very often, nor one that one might say very much.
Why do so many of us struggle with confidence and self-worth? Think back to the earliest days in your childhood. Do you remember how bold you were? Do you recall believing that you could absolutely do anything that your mind could dream? Why does that stop?
I observe so many people having wonderfully creative ideas, only to let those ideas be curtailed by one negative comment from another person. Not only have I personally felt crushed by nearsighted opinions of my capabilities, sadly, I have found myself expressing the same shallow behavior.
Whether we can or cannot do everything we desire to try is irrelevant. Whether or not we fit into someone else’s idea of proper, righteous or moral does not matter. When did any of us get appointed to the position of all-knowing?
All of us deserve to feel needed, important and understood. It doesn’t matter if someone processes differently than we do. There are extraverts and there are introverts. Neither is right, neither is wrong. Some lead and some are content to follow. Some personalities make sense to us, some don’t. Each represents variety and that’s how God made us to be. Who are we to question His design?
Believe in you. Like who you are, challenge yourself to who you can become. Accept council when you need to do so, but don’t let anyone, anyone, make you doubt the person you know you are. As we age, most of us realize along the way that changes are necessary. That is growth and it moves us forward. What might have seemed right at one age, may feel completely different at another age. That’s ok. It is still good to stand for something important to us at that time.
While we undoubtedly will realize how misguided we are at times, all in all, we will fare pretty well. No one ever deserves to feel like they don’t matter. Even if you sometimes find yourself being the only one that does believe in you, never lose yourself. This doesn’t give you the right to purposely be offensive, but even with good intentions, there will be some offended. Don’t ever forget that worthful describes you. You ARE a person of worth.
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