Is it possible to ever BE enough?

Enough.

It seems to be one of those overused words in the English language.

We hear it ALL the time.

Confession.

I say it all the time. I think about it all the time. I worry, yes, I worry about it.

Enough.

Do we have enough money in the bank? Is there enough food to eat? Will I have enough gas to get to across town? Is there enough milk for cereal?

Did I sell enough? {gulp}

Was I enough of an attentive mom? {double gulp}

Did I give "the musician" aka husband, enough of what he needed from me today? {triple gulp}

Will I ever...ever...be enough? {choking}

Enough seems to run through my head constantly. Like some stupid measuring stick. Except, really, who am I measuring myself against? Am I playing a comparison game? Because if so, I fail EVERY single time.

There will never be enough money, or food or gas or milk. We will always run short. Unless I get a cow, but since I live in the city, and they frown on the whole idea of "bessie" roaming through neighborhoods, I highly doubt that will happen. I digress.

The big question, the one I can only answer for myself is "am I enough"? And really, by the worlds standards...better yet, by my own skewed measuring stick...I will never be.

How depressing. How futile. How worthless.

But that is not the end.

I have hope. For me personally? I believe someone else thinks I'm enough. Why? Because he is enough.

I don't know what you believe in. I don't know what your "religious faith" life is. But I know...for me...knowing that I have a God that loves me, who IS enough, helps me to face my inadequacies. It does not give me an excuse to be a slacker. What it gives me is someone to lean on when my "enough" tank is thoroughly empty.


And being very visual, I needed a tactile reminder I could see. I wear this everyday.

Maybe you need just need to be reminded that you are enough. You are so uniquely you. Perfectly fabricated...to be who you are...where you are.

Take a deep breath.

Remember.

You.Are.Enough.

xoxo,

lisa

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