#reverb10 – Beautifully Different

Posted by Sarahbear on December 15, 2010

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This month I’m participating in #reverb10. Every day a new prompt is issued and I will write my response. The goal is to reflect on 2010 and manifest what’s next in 2011. Want to learn more? Visit www.reverb10.com.

The prompt for December 8 was:

December 8 – Beautifully Different. Think about what makes you different and what you do that lights people up. Reflect on all the things that make you different – you’ll find they’re what make you beautiful.

There’s a fine line between recognizing and acknowledging your own better qualities, and being an arrogant ass. I hope I don’t cross it.

I try to find the good in people. It’s a trait that my grandmother (the one who raised me) nurtured. I don’t believe there are good or bad people. There are only people who have good and bad qualities, and those are all based on every individual’s set of morals. Some people are harder than others to like, and some people need to be cut out of your life if you want to be healthy. Or, they at least need to be kept at an arm’s length.

When I find myself jumping on the bandwagon with a crowd of people who are tearing someone down, I try to take a step back and remember that we’re all flawed and try finding something good about that person.

I blog honestly about things that I hope people can relate to. If even one person can look at the things I’ve been through, the struggles with undiagnosed post partum depression (I’ll write a blog on this in the future), the struggles with the affairs and marriage in general, with being a good mother, the struggles with my sex drive and my weight loss, and it can just let them see they aren’t alone, I’ll be happy. I felt so alone going through some of these things and I wish I had exposure to how common they are so I’d have sought help.

I’m just not really sure where to go with this. Chad always tells me I’m smart, witty, sexy and silly. I’m terrible at taking compliments, I guess that makes me humble, which I think is a pretty good quality to have.