While scrolling through Facebook one day, I watched a video posted by a friend. The focal message of that video was to stop focusing so much on what you are supposed to do and instead on what/who you can be. It was advice from older women to younger women on how to let go of the unnecessary societal pressure to constantly perform and the resulting anxiety many experience from feeling that because they can’t compare, therefore they are not enough.
I kept that in mind but almost forgot about it until several hours later when I was laying on my bed and feeling like a complete failure. My daily battle to accomplish productive things was going downhill (in a bad way) as usual. Frustration and depression began to overtake me as I started to detest my pointless, meaningless life. I prayed to God as I often have: dear God, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?! WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?! But I stopped in mid-prayer, realizing those questions needed to change. Instead I asked: Who/what do You want me to BE?
Immediately the response came: BE a woman who is happy, a woman who knows she is loved and loves others deeply, a woman who appreciates those around her. BE a woman who is thankful for the many good things she is privileged to enjoy.
BE.
