My skin was fashioned, fire tested, and perfected just for me!

No matter how much of an island you think you might be you are well connected and well influenced by the world around you. The second you step out of the womb you’re given a color to enact, a social class to conform to, and often times an expectation to manifest that you did not have a say in.

Time to be transparent…

Walking around a dialogue is happening in the transcendent space of my mind that is loud enough for me to hear, clear enough for me to witness, yet oblivious to everyone around. One says, “Look, the way you’re doing this isn’t working. Let’s work on our reception. How can we do this to be this?” The other side just sits there, dumbfounded and silent trying to figure out what to do. She tries it for a while but then she feels discomfort. Why does this ache? Why am I having a personal early morning date with the 4am mark? Why is the world getting smaller? Try to pack in more of what they say is right and either silence or kill what they say is weak… What is really going on? Then a third voice chimed in, “Why are you trying to be something that I never tailored for you to be? Ever ask yourself that question? Did it ever cross your mind? Never did here. But now it resonates.

This skin, this personality, these flaws, these triumphs, and this being was fashioned, fire tested, and perfected just for me. When God sat back and decided to cast the characters of this story He wrote out your name and in it was a character enriched with the finest elements uniquely created for you. So, no matter the image imposed on you by the outsider, look to the insider to find the real you. He told me that I was fearfully and wonderfully made so this casing can hold my bones, organs, grandma’s dunk, eccentricities, anomalies, gifts, talents, and abilities because I am the perfect model for the unique brand. So, as they say, “Love the skin you’re in!”

Night :-)