uNcOoL tO bE ME

Simply

uncool

to be

me!

I learned that long ago. Some doors closed because Simply Me wouldn’t do. Other doors opened because

I was

courageous

enough

to be Me.

Those doors that closed were meant to close. SimplyMe would not have been welcome there. Simply Me would have become someone else.

Someone

I was not created

to be

After all,

God made Me,

Simply Me.

Organizer, side-ways humor,

ideas and thoughts bursting inside to come out

the boldness to voice

maybe too often

awkwardly hugging with arms

wrapping

word hugs

information gather

asking questions

because I know someone is like I used to be

afraid

of my voice

Are you scared to show the God-Created you to the outside world? The Entire Outside World?

To people who have the power to open doors and close doors?

One day I learned

I had to just be me

because

To not go out every day and be who He created me to be

is to reject God.

I need to be,

not who my mamma wants me to be,

or my husband wants me to be,

or my sons want me to be,

or even who my friends or acquaintances want me to be

I need to be who God created me to be

Simply Me

everywhere

Psalm 139: 14-16

“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

¹⁶ your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.”