Just the Way You are

Henri Nouwen believes that if we just be, we will realize and discover what we are called for. And that we are good enough to do what we are called to do. Here's his complete reflection about the matter...

 Often we want to be somewhere other than where we are, or even to be someone other than who we are. We tend to compare ourselves constantly with others and wonder why we are not as rich, as intelligent, as simple, as generous, or as saintly as they are. Such comparisons make us feel guilty, ashamed, or jealous. It is very important to realize that our vocation is hidden in where we are and who we are. We are unique human beings, each with a call to realize in life what nobody else can, and to realize it in the concrete context of the here and now.

We will never find our vocations by trying to figure out whether we are better or worse than others. We are good enough to do what we are called to do. Be yourself!

Bruno Mars sings to the same "tune"...

When I see your face

There's not a thing that I would change

Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

And when you smile,

The whole world stops and stares for awhile

Cause you're amazing

Just the way you are

 So when you see yourself in the mirror, know that Someone loves you just the way you are.  Someone incomparable to Bruno Mars has stamp His mark of beauty in you.