“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit” ~ E.E. Cumming (1800’s poet)
Does this draw to you or make you run away?
10 Comments
September 4, 2008 at 8:00 am
I am not sure how to answer your question but the quote sure made me think. I don’t remember ever not believing in myself but that doesn’t mean someone didn’t reveal my value when I was much younger and can’t remember. Huh stumped me
September 4, 2008 at 8:27 am
wow. i think good ol’ e.e. had something going there. i absolutely feel more confident when i knowknowknow that someone else (who matters) believes in me.
September 4, 2008 at 9:26 am
I believe in the Christ in me part of myself. Do I believe everything He says about me? To be honest, I’m still finding a lot of it very hard to believe, but I’m working on it daily.
September 4, 2008 at 1:13 pm
believing in yourself does not mean that you leave God out. i think believing in yourself means that (like Hope says) you believe what God has to say about you.
i don’t know.
i do know we have worth because of Christ.
September 4, 2008 at 3:36 pm
is true. when someone close to you isnt giving you support or urging you on – it is depleting. and its sad, because we really shouldnt let other dictate our worth. as has been said already – our worth is in Him – but we often depend on the approval of others. i guess as long as we can truly believe that we are worthy as His kiddo – then whether or not someone else supports becomes less and less of a “need” that drives us. maybe. not exactly sure. not so sure ive ever seen that lived out.
September 4, 2008 at 5:03 pm
i believe in all of you ..
i dont believe in this blogginf thing
so if you need someone to believe in you just thing that the anti – blogger believe in me and then do it.
if it works out well then email me and tell me .. please dont blog about it…
have a wonderfull day all of you amazing people that read blogs.. He will forgive ALL sins..
September 4, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Heidi & Alece
I knew today when I woke up that all of my anxieties in life would be over. I just had no idea that my peace of mind, joy and cheerfulness would come from an antiblogger! LOL I from this point on am no longer going to blog. I am going to sell my house and computers. Give my kids and husband to charity and live in a refrigerator box. I will have no wants or desires because Antiblogger Believes in LITTLE OLE ME!
That was fun. Thanks for the laugh!!!
September 5, 2008 at 6:46 am
theresa — your comment ROCKS!
September 5, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I think the enemy has done some serious damage by attacking our self-worths. Yes, Christ makes us worthy but does that mean that someone who does not have Christ is not a worthy person? No, I don’t think so. We were worth something to Him in the first place for Him to come and die. When we don’t believe in ourselves, as Mr. Cumming points out, we miss seeing huge parts of life. Believing you are who He says you are leads to freedom.
September 6, 2008 at 10:47 am
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch.”
I definitely have found this particular part to be true in my own life. There have been times that I’ve had trouble believe in myself. It has been others believe in me that has propelled to do things that I never would have done had someone not believed in me and saw the potential.