My father taught me one crucial lesson. I had my own personal brand of weird, and I must embrace it. It's taken me decades to start to understand the power of this one lesson. But living this lesson has brought me my greatest joys.
It's costly to be strange, but it's worth it. It takes courage to buck the trend. Most people do not love what they do, because it takes courage. Courageous love is not a very popular position. Many people miss the key component required to truly love. You must start by loving God. The first and great commandment is first for a reason. God is the easiest thing in the world to love. The more perfectly you love Him, the more He can change your nature. He will always change us to become more like Him if He can. The more we become like Him, the greater our capacity to love becomes. Eventually we can love ourselves as well as others, and at last we gain the capacity to truly love what we do.
And then we change the world.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Nate.
ReplyDeleteIt has been interesting for me to notice how very FEW people were lucky enough to be raised by parents who embrace the "Why-Be-Normal?" attitude.
Consequently, too many are gripped by the desire to seek the world's approval (or at least the approval of those they see as their peers) - which can often lead to bad decision making and overall unhappiness. So sad because it could so easily be avoided.