I was thinking today about life in general and the people that I surround myself with on a day to day basis. Everyone is so different, each unique in their own way, but yet society trys to conform us all to a certain standard, a certain image that we're all suppose to live up to.

If we're sad we're not suppose to show it, because no one wants to know the bad stuff in other people's lives. We're all suppose to be happy and only share the good things with other people.
I see people on a daily basis that have so much to share and so much to give to the others around them, but somehow they feel judged or unsafe, so they remain quiet and don't say anything. Then there are others that share so much about themselves that it is almost overwhelming. You wonder "why did they tell me that?". I wish that there could be a happy medium.

My heart hurts for those that don't feel safe enough to be who they really are with the people around them. I wish that there was some safe place that I could take them to, or tell them where to go. It just takes one person to affect the mood you're in or how safe you feel in a group. I wish that we could all be examples of Christ and be open to anyone that comes into our lives instead of judging first and then deciding if we life the person. We wonder why there are so may broken relationships out there, whether it be a marriage, a friendship, or the relationship between a child and their parents. The Bible tells us that we are to above all other things love each other and to treat others as you want to be treated. Why do we find this so hard. We go thought our lives so often doing things that if they were done to us we would feel really hurt.

I know that in all of these areas I struggle. It's a daily challange to try and be who God wants me to be. I stumble quite often. I'm definately not perfect, but I try. This has really been on my heart lately. I would love to see a community where anyone could go and be loved and I mean truely loved.