There are seasons in life where I realize in retrospect that
I probably haven’t been that approachable. Maybe I was grumpy or irritable
because of things I was personally going through.
I hate it when I look back on pictures or video and see a
face that looks so serious! I love
it when I am seen with a smile and a twinkle in my eyes. For I love life and I love people.
I want to be seen,
known, and remembered as someone who was warm and loving. Someone who
enjoyed a good laugh and liked to have fun….yet someone who had a gentle and
authentic heart.
As I get older, I think about the elderly more and how they
are viewed. Even when you are shopping in a grocery store, it’s so obvious to
tell if an older person has a warm, sweet soul or if they are crotchety and
grumpy! It shows up in how they walk, how they talk, and all over their face.
Life can be grueling. It can be so tough and painful at times. Yet there is still so much to enjoy about it. So much good out there. I don’t ever want to turn into a grumpy person!
So sometimes it’s really good to step outside of my own
shoes and see how others might view me. Am I approachable? Am I loveable? Do
others view me as warm and inviting? Or do they have to walk on eggshells
around me because they don’t want to “set me off?” Do I gripe easily? Do I get
angry or take offense easily and make no bones about letting others know?
Do I radiate a bubbly personality or a grumpy one? These are
things to think about. For I represent my
Lord.
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