No Pressure!

PRESSURE! Everyone feels it, but hardly takes a moment to address it. Pressure to be the next, pressure to know the latest, pressure to be better than. You name it , I can assure you, your comments section would overflow. Sounding off by people all around the world experiencing the same feeling.

I feel it too! Maybe not to be the next greatest influencer or professional whomever. But the pressure to be the best...me.

Am I doing enough? Am I being enough? Can I be everything others need me to be without losing myself?

And the most recent pressure... Am I done?

One of the grandest accomplishments was the opportunity to publish my first novel. Its still surreal even though it's coming up on a year of being published.

But can I do it again? Is the amount of time between the debut of the first and the second going to be too long to remain relevant? Would people even care?

More questions than answers. Fear fighting to have greater ground than faith.

So what's the solution you ask? The answer is simple though the questions are hard.

I have to simply remember. Remember why I do what I do. Remember why I started. Remember what the real goal is. Remember how everything I absolutely love doing, has absolutely nothing to do with seeking approval from anyone but God.

I don't serve to be seen

I don't write to be the next greatest anything

I do...because I love it.

If others happen to love what I do, that's absolutely incredible. But my worth can't be based on the value others place on me.

If God gave it, if He put it in me, if He made it available to me, there is great value already.

I just have to remember that. And the pressure to be great in the eyes of others, is something I'll leave to anyone willing to remain under it.

Love you! Be Free by choice!