“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world that’s doing its best, night and day,
to make you everybody but yourself, means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight – and never stop fighting.”
— E..E. Cummings
My friend Thelma posted this quote on my timeline yesterday, and I thought it was a lovely way to end our 31 Days to an Authentic You.
So I’m feeling pretty authentic, how about you? Sheesh whooee, yesterday knocked my socks off. Thank you all for coming out of the dusty corners to offer a word of encouragement. Late in the afternoon I emailed Brad at work to tell him, “You were wrong! It’s a good thing I published that post!” He took it pretty well.
Seriously, though, thank you. This week’s posts were tough, but a good way to round out our exploration of authenticity. Thank you so much for sticking with me throughout this series – I learned a lot along the way (mostly from what you all shared – thank you for that).
And now, it’s time I gave you a much-needed break from me! I think I’ll take a bit of a blogging hiatus, maybe a week or so. I’ll be here on Sunday evening to host #HearItUseIt, but other than that, it’ll be quiet for a little while around here.
{Oh, and just in case you’re a Triple Type A like me and are keeping track, I really did blog 31 days straight, but only 26 of those posts were officially part of the Authentic You series. Click here for the whole line-up. Methinks I won’t be doing this 31-day thing again!}
I have started a couple month long blogging challenges only to stop shorty after starting. I don’t have the time to write daily. Od love too, though.
Enjoy your blogging hiatus!
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NOT ALL RESULTS IN ANY ENDEAVOR AREVJUDGED BY ‘SUCCESS’
I believe your 31 days were to your advantage, but success is not the gauge. The ‘lesson’ in the result is where the success is measured.. Not all who run a race cross the finish line. Failure is sometimes the back door to success.
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Bonnie Walker
You did it! I know myself better than to try anything like this. Kind of fits with your theme, right?
Have a great bloggy break!
I love Thelma, and that quote she shared with you. It’s like e.e. cummings’ version of Romans 12:6
So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.
Your 31 Days series has changed us all, in all the best ways. Thank you for being brave and real and true. Thank you for letting us in. Thanks for lighting the flame and for not holding back.
Dear Michelle,
I meant to write after your post earlier in the week about whether this 31 days journey was a good thing. I have been receiving your blessings of encouragement for a while now and admired the tenacity to set that goal and stick to it, something I have not been able to do with my own blog and felt a wee-bit envious for, to be honest.. However, this last week when you got real and shared true secured my desire to invest time in your words of faith more than previously. I enjoyed your posts, but I appreciated the authenticity which you shared even more. Thanks for being real. I look forward to the posts of inspiration whether it is once a day, once a week, or once a month.
Blessings in Christ,
~Dawn
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I’ve so enjoyed this journey with you, Michelle! Enjoy your break!
Blessings!
Have mercy, Michelle — what a week you’ve had. Yesterday’s post, while hard, was great. Maybe it was the culmination of what all the Lord’s been doing in your heart this month?
I’m impressed with you 31 Days girls. I won’t say NEVER, but I can’t imagine myself blogging for 31 days straight. I’m more inclined to take Deidra’s approach and REST 31 days straight. And after we get my site halfway situated, I may just do that. Enjoy your rest!
I have loved your series, your honesty and walking with you in your struggles. yes take a break. relax. but please come back. I would miss you too much if you didn’t.
So glad you stuck with it for the big thirty-one! I admire your pluck and tenacity and your willingness to dive into the deep end of authenticity. Ironically, in so doing, I think you extended a lifeline to those afraid to take the leap. I loved the entire series, and especially yesterday. I totally get Brad’s counsel. My husband would have done the same. And yet, it’s one of those calls that where your husband isn’t saying NO, but simply saying it might not be the best thing. You went with your gut, and it was great!
Thanks, Michelle, for being authentically you, a wonderful you to be!
Love
Lynn
Might you consider having the responses not be in Itallics, if you can control that? They’re a bit harder to read–unless it’s just I seeing them that way. 🙂
Enjoy your time of rest Michelle! I will eventually be coming by to catch up on your series. The last few have confirmed it’s a series I need to read in it’s entirety. {Hugs} to you.
Take a deep breath…and tuck in His loving arms and let Him restore and refresh you!!!!!
You rock. That is all.