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Getting Comfortable in Your Own Skin
2008-04-10来源:
What does it mean to be comfortable in your own skin? It's about expressing yourself in a way they feels the most appropriate.When we think about expressing ourselves, we automatically think of the superficial ways. How we dress. The way we wear our hair. The car we drive. If you wear jeans and a T-shirt one day and a Business suit the next, what is it expressing about you? Is it that you are sophisticated one day and unsophisticated the next? Actually, your outer appearance expresses very little about who you truly are.Instead, when we talk about expression, we should look at what's harder to change about ourselves. Our habits. The words we use. How we treat people. And, most importantly, how we express our spiritual gifts.Ah, spiritual gifts. That elusive term. It's also known as your calling. But how do you express those properly? We could each have similar gifts, but decide to express them differently. For example, let's say that 3 women are trying to figure out the best way to express their calling of teaching. One woman might become a high school teacher. Another might teach English in a foreign country. While another woman might Home school her own children. Who is expressing their spiritual gifts properly? All of them. It is a personal decision.You might say that the first two women are career women. Some women might look down on the woman who chose to be a stay-at-Home mom. But is this fair? Does that mean that the way she is expressing her spiritual gifts is any less fulfilling or any less valid? No, not at all. The concern about others judging us is often what stops us from getting comfortable in our own skin. What if our family doesn't like what we're doing? What if our friends think the path we're taking is weird?Too many of us are embarrassed about what others will think of our spiritual journey. We end up sabotaging our own Happiness. We are missing out on the great opportunities that will open up once we get comfortable in our own skin.As you begin reflecting on your spiritual gifts it's great to keep track of your progress. You can do this throughout the day or at the end of the day. You could add your thoughts to a journal or record them on a microcassette recorder.Here are 3 questions to ask yourself to begin the process of getting comfortable in your own skin:1) "Have I taken the time to identify my spiritual gifts?" Get in touch with those inklings, those glimpses of what your calling might be. For example:
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