For three years I have talked about getting my nose pierced. Finally, this past Friday, I went with my friend Christi and had it done. I think some things are best done with a good friend at your side.
Earlier this week I was looking through some old journals for something, and I noticed several different dream lists that contained, “Get nose pierced.” I was shocked that it appeared so many times and over such a large span of time. It made me wonder, why did I wait so long?
Here are the conclusions I came to:
1. APPROVAL – I cared too much about what people thought.
2. FEAR – I was scared. Watching nose piercing videos on YouTube made me very fearful of the pain. (Which by the way, it barely hurt at all.)
3. GUILT – I didn’t want to spend the money or the time for something so seemingly frivolous and solely for me.
I think these three things keep me from doing many things in my life. I’m constantly writing down dream lists, but dreams only become reality if you’re actively chasing them down. I am baffled how these 3 things made me delay such a simple desire of my heart for 3 whole years! Man.
It’s one thing if God is telling you “no” about a dream. It’s another thing if you’re standing in your own way of your dream. I’m happy to have an easy checklist now to see if I’m the one in the way.
- Am I caring to much if people APPROVE of me? What does God think of me and of my dream?
- Am I letting FEAR strangle me instead of trusting in God?
- Am I letting Satan bully me into a GUILT trip? Am I feeling condemned (not of God) or convicted?
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adorable! i knew it’d look great… yay for you!
I love it! I think it’s so great!
I LOVE IT! I think they look so pretty with a small sparkly jewel stud. The only thing I always wonder is how you blow your nose without injuring yourself?
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. Great insight. I can tend to be the same way, as far as the approval, fear and guilt. Drives me nuts. So proud of you! You rock!
welcome to the real world
xoxo
a studded friend
this V friend, i like her…
the real world, as each defines their own.
cheers to that.
another studded friend…
Blowing your nose isn’t bad at all. I found that out yesterday.
And Paige, you would really like V. No doubt.
Aubrey, why do we do that to ourselves? Seriously.
Thanks everyone else for the compliments.
I think your Mom needs one now:)
GREAT post. =) been thinking about approval this week, too. mine had to do with the kind of online associations i may/may not have. realized i cared much more for man’s approval than God’s–and really, God values relationships pretty high up there……so, it was an easy (as in “duh” not as in it didn’t feel like a slap in the face!) wake up call: choose relationship over what someone might think of the association!