I think it is impossible to know who you are and what you are like as a person at 19, 20, 21 years of age and whenever someone asks what your strengths and weaknesses are I don't think a person at that age would really know the answer- at least I didn't anyway. You never really know but you never stop searching for the answers, you never stop learning or trying to understand yourself and I think a lot of pressure is put on people to make decisions about their lives without really knowing why. Trying to find your identity, in my opinion is a lifelong quest and the answers are not always definite or clear. I'm 31 and I still haven't got all the answers, I'm still soul searching.
We are so blind to what God has put in front of us, so distracted by the materialism of this world and by our own shallow existence that we have become more concerned by our own vanity and how we look and our outwardly appearance. Our lives are mostly centred around living a glamourous lifestyle, centred around fame, money and possessions, centred around sex and relationships, centred around reputation. Our lifestyles today are about keeping up with the joneses, being the toughest, being the best, w e've forgotten to see the beauty around us. We've forgotten that we are beautiful with or without make up, inside and out. We've forgotten that fame is when we are idolised by our children, our friends and our family, knowing that whatever we do we will always be stars in their eyes. We've forgotten the riches of life, the simple pleasures that cost nothing but mean the world - a heartwarming hug, a passiona...

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