Lesson #2

I don't need the approval of others for me to be OK.

Let's take a look at Facebook for a minute. It's a great way to reconnect. It is. BUT for me, it was also a way to seek and gain instant approval from others. Funny status updates, cute pictures...you know the drill. Until the moment others began commenting on one of those items or if no one commented, I would sit and hold my breath just waiting for the approval. There were times I would literally delete something because no one commented within 5 minutes. I was terrified of "disapproval" and that's what my poor little mind would perceived no comments as.

Sad. I know, but it's the truth.

I don't NEED any one's approval in order for me to be OK. That's a hard one for me. My emotional well being should be solely based on God's GRACE.

I needed to step away from Facebook for that reason. I was too caught up in what other's thought of me. And guess what, I, like all of us, censor what goes on there. The stupid thoughts and eyes-close-snotty-nosed pictured don't go on there. But my husband, children and my God, love all of me. No way to censor my life around them and they still love me.

That's enough.