Thought of the Day

It's been a while since I posted, but I decided it was a virtue to remain silent until I had something of worth to say...

Normally I don't read my horoscope. I think it's something that you can stretch and fit to make it apply to whatever may be going on in your life, no matter what your sign. It's usually just vague enough to kinda make sense in a generic way. But today I just happened to glance at mine and this was a portion of it:

"Don't withhold what's most significant to you, even if it means that you won't be included as one of the crew. Having integrity is more important than receiving approval."

I actually think this is pretty relevant. This is something that I've come to believe more and more as I get older and get to know myself better. I mean, really, who cares what other people think? Now, I do realize this is much easier said than done. It's easy to think about what your friends or family might think of something that you do, and you can pretty much be guaranteed that at least one person in the world is going to have a problem with whatever it is you do. But in the end, all you can do is live your life in a manner you find acceptable to yourself and to your maker. I think this is true for big, life-altering things all the way down to the minutiae of every day life. As my friend Kari once told me "God puts you where He wants you and then it's up to you to make the best of the situation." Other than that, there's not much you can do with yourself!

So my thought of the day is that you have to live your own life for yourself, not for how others think it should be. To live for others makes for a miserable existence.