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I should probably start by introducing my blog and the thought behind it (lucky for you, this won't take long). From the overflow of my heart comes from Luke 6:45, which reads, "From the overflow of [the] heart the mouth speaks". Simple.
I am inspired daily by the blogs I pour over, Instagram feeds I check religiously, people I stand in line with at Starbucks, etc. Everyone has their own story, their own life, their own dreams and desires and that interests and inspires me with my own story. But if I'm being honest, my mind stops at inspiration. I'll stumble across the same picture scanning through Instagram a few days later and remember how inspired I was by it but lacked the motivation to do likewise in my own life and embarrassingly scroll past it as fast as my little thumb can take me. Having recently turned twenty, I closed out my chapter as a child-teen and entered the scarier, more real chapter. I'm currently stuck between discovering who I want to be and becoming her.
dis·cov·er disˈkəvər/ (verb) -- find (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the course of a search.
become biˈkəm/ (verb) -- begin to be
For me, the discovering process has been happening over time and through much searching. Whether in Proverbs 31: discovering the woman I'm supposed to be, on Instagram feeds: being inspired with what others are accomplishing, doing in their daily lives, which in turn pushes me to set my own goals, etc. This very blog, for example, is one of the steps in my "becoming" journey. My passion for writing blossomed within me before I can even remember; my mom tells me I carried around a pen and notepad when I was two. I've started, re-started and deleted too many blogs to count. I'm hoping this one sticks because then I'll know I'm getting somewhere.
It's one thing to have a friend to tell your goals and life dreams to, but it's another to have potentially the whole world following your step by step journey, and that I think is pretty cool. But I want to throw one thing out there: I am not "finding myself" or my identity through this blog and the posts that will follow. I have already found a real and everlasting identity that I solidified in my Lord almost fifteen years ago. I am a born again believer, saved by the blood of my Savior, daily humbled and thankful because of it. This blog is about my journey to discovering my life's potential, molding a life of meaning, and becoming the woman I was created to be. I am taking the next step: moving from simply being inspired by others and knowing where I want my life to go to the act of officially starting to become that. Instead of being content with simple inspirations, I am going to starting acting on them. Ready, GO.
My first steps in becoming the me I've been inspired to be:
▹ Spending time daily with my Bible ▹ Going to the gym REGULARLY ▹ Being smart about what I eat
▹ Going and doing more with my life -- enjoying life and the creation we've been blessed with
xo
