tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464286340240646789.post5692427310548194435..comments2023-11-02T00:48:14.388-07:00Comments on DAILY VACATIONER: Finding Your Inner "Cool"Daily Vacationerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14857596692274008577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-464286340240646789.post-60382212530654118522012-10-02T08:11:34.705-07:002012-10-02T08:11:34.705-07:00This is ironic--In my prayer time for my girls thi...This is ironic--In my prayer time for my girls this morning, I was praying about them identifying their God-given talents and gifts and interests (see Stormie Omartian's The Power of a Praying Parent, chapter 15). I think women especially spend way too much time "not embracing" what they love to do and who they really are, in favor of what they think the rest of the world wants them to love and to do. For example, I spent too much time in my teens and twenties trying to embrace popular music and culture, when really I just don't get into it that much. I can appreciate it, but I don't really care about all of it much. My friends were really into it all, so I took that to mean that something was wrong with me. Finally now, years later, in my forties, I feel more comfortable in my own skin, enjoying the stuff of life that's really not cool by the standards of pop culture. (Like, I had to ask a friend who the heck this Bradley Cooper guy was. She felt I needed to "get out more." But really, once I found out who he was, I still just really didn't care.) Anyhow, it took me so long to really embrace the things that I was truly good at and the things that I truly enjoyed...my prayer for my daughters is that this won't happen to them. I don't want them to end up frustrated until their thirties, like I was.Tiritillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018463804914962410noreply@blogger.com