The Inside is What Counts
Greetings self-help readers,
This article will deal with what
is on the inside of us. Who we are on the inside, seems to show up on the
outside no matter how hard we try to hide it. You have no doubt heard of people
wearing their hearts on their sleeves and this is because what is in our hearts
are some deep emotions. You can be the best actor/actress in the world but if
you are hurting inside you are in bad emotional shape. You can mask your pain
with a smile or a laugh but that pain is still there. You can not make that
pain disappear with alcohol or drugs it simply returns when the narcotic is out
of the system. Medication will also need to be constantly taken if one is on
anti-depressants. Why? Because the heart itself, what is on the inside of every
single person on this planet is never dealt with. God speaks of people who
honor Him with their lips but their hearts are far from Him. God knows what is
inside of all of us. The choice can be to run from who we are. To pour
ourselves into various addictions to get away from who we are. We must however
deal with who we really are if we are to move past any pain in our lives.
Before my darling mother passed
away, she uttered the words it is time to move on to my wife and I. Those words
were very hard to hear but they still ring true today as I am reminded of them
when I reflect back on my last days with her. I could have chosen to stay in
the emotional state of numbness that I was in during her last days on earth or
proceed to keep all the great memories of my mother in my heart and enJoy the
rest of the time that God has given me on the earth. The choice was mine. It
was a difficult one but one that I believe that all of us must make when it
comes to dealing with who we are. If I chose to stay in a state of numbness and
deal with it by working too much or withdrawal I would too busy focusing on
myself. I would miss out on spending time with my amazing wife and daughter and
I would never be able to get that time back.
Take a look at who you are
inside. Talk about the pain with someone you can trust and move on. You can do
it. You must do it if you are to be the very best that you can be. Choose not
to live in the past because you will miss the very future that God has planned
for you.
