This is from a song that's one of my new favorites.... Where are we? What... is going on?
What is going on? Not so much physically like what are you up to, but how are your values and morals reflecting your decisions and thoughts? Last week my mom got to me to take a quiz the evaluated my values, what's important to me? Well I found out that concern for others and authenticity are major values of mine. Yet when I think about it, am I portraying those myself? Like I look for those two qualities in people, but personally am I living out a life of authenticity and concern for others?
Well the concern for others is a little easier, I think I definitely am concerned about how others are treated and how others feel. We have a new manager at my store and although she isn't the most productive person on earth, I wouldn't want to tell the district manager that cause then the new manager would get in trouble right? So I wouldn't want her getting hurt...
But authenticity? Am I being real or I am putting on a show for people to impress them? Authenticity is defined as 'Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.' Am I really being true to who I am? I honestly think I need to work on that! I feel like I'm often putting on a show trying to get people to like me. But I've learnt this week/last weekend that that's silly! If people don't like me for who I am and who God has made me why do I want to be investing all my time and effort into that? It's not worth it.
I know it's lame, but I have a quote... from High School Musical 2 (I know, I know!) in it Gabriella is telling her boyfriend (well she breaks up with him in this scene, but yeah...) anyways she's telling Troy that he's changed. She says "But if along the way you act like someone you're not, pretty soon that's who you become." I don't want to become like someone else, I want to be me, the me God intended me to be!
And... that may have not made sense, but hopefully you can kinda follow my random collaberation of thoughts! Thanks for reading :)
