Personal Validation

Inspiration.........
"Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true."
Motivation..........
"You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. "
Success...........
"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. "


I read an article today (an amazing article) about validating ourselves. It got me to thinking. How many times are we blind to the good that's right in front of us because we don't recognize it as a valuable part of us or we're looking past it for something better? It's like sitting and watching the railroad track your entire life, waiting for a train to come in and never realizing that we're sitting smack in the middle of the train station with tracks that will lead us to anywhere we may want to go. Wow, now to have the courage hop on that train & see where it takes us.

I struggle in the "validation" department. It's hard for me to believe that there is a uniqueness in me that is worth something, that I can contribute to making a difference in the world or in someone's life. I realized today that I need to step back, from time-to-time, and take stock of my uniqueness, my value. I tend to trivialize most of my talents or skills. I look at what I consider absolutely wonderful gifts and long so much to have that which I don't. Example, I love music and always wished I would have been blessed with that gift. I enjoy almost all types of music and can listen to it for hours (much to my husband's dismay). Today, I realized there need to be people to listen and value those musical talents. So, my gift is to appreciate, deeply appreciate, the gift of music in other people. "Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold." - Maurice Setter. Granted this isn't an example of setting the world on fire, but we need to value what we have been given. I think many of us are so busy looking and wishing for the gold that we miss appreciating our own "silver lining".

As I was thinking about validating myself, I started thinking about where I am in life and life goals....am I building them on the good already in my life, am I taking full advantage of the strengths I already have, are they worth giving up what I have for what I might have? For the most part my answer is yes! I still need to work on taking full advantage of my strengths (there's that validation stuff again), but as for the good in my life and giving up what I have for what I might have, that's a resounding YES!

So, here's a new goal for myself. My goal is to validate, in writing, that - I am unique, - I am amazing, - I am needed. No, I didn't come up with those three things on my own - they came from this very special article I read today.