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… but I am comforted in knowing I am not the only one.  

finding my voice.  being who I am.  being more than content with being who I am.  being joyful in living the beautiful life that God has given to me.  and being confident in who I am.  

 *see endnote for a sidenote  

Here is a quote I read that I really, really want to share with anyone who will listen:

“Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.  In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the excitement and gladness:  touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.” (Taken from Gifted to Lead by Nancy Beach, but originally written in Frederick Buechner’s Now and Then)

I also believe that this quote can be beneficial in a person’s journey to finding herself.  If I stop comparing myself to other people, and my life to the lives of others, and simply and honestly love my life, then I believe I will be confident in who the God of the universe created ME to be.  

*endnote*

females and males are very different, we all know this.  yet somehow, everyone assumes that men and woman think the same way and have the same struggles within their minds.  I have found in my experience, that men tend to deal with the sin of being too prideful.  and somehow when a female finally musters up the courage to have a little confidence in who she was created to be, she is scolded and “convicted” by other Christians (sometimes outright, but mostly through other means) for being tooprideful.  Yes, there are sometimes in my life when pride slips in, but it is not nearly as often as I used to think.  Many times it was simply my modesty that I was confusing for pride.  Can someone please tell me how that happened?