Quarantine Series: Learn something new...

Learn how to be awesome!

Let's face it, life slaps you around a bit until some of the important things, nay the vital things, get slapped right out of you. One of those things is awesomeness. 

I think in moments of internal reflection some of us might be coming to terms with dark realities. Such as the fact that you only shower because you go to the gym and when you can't go to the gym you don't find it necessary to shower.
Or the fact that your sexy yoga pants have become stretched out yoga pants replaced by sweat pants and then your husbands pants. 
Or the fact that putting on make up and blow drying your hair just to take a selfie with another lone cup of coffee is just not worth it. 
So we face the facts with courage. At least I found out I shave my legs for my husband and not for anybody else. Win! (However I also found out that my lack of daily hair brushing habits could get worse. You win some you lose some).
Now I'd like you to boldly look where your awesomeness used to be and see what parts were important enough to get back.

We live in a world filled with psuedo awesomeness. A pintrest world (no offense). A world of tiny perfect glimpses into other peoples lives. Glimpses that make some people feel really good about themselves and some people feel really bad. Not ragging on social media here, save that for a later time, just requesting a heart look into whether your awesomeness is defined by what other people perceive instead of what the people sharing your unshowered, sweatpanted, grumpy, stressed undesired quarantine think.

My husband doesn't care if I don't wear make up but it matters to him if I'm not happy and he thinks I'm pretty awesome when I'm fun. My children think I'm awesome when I laugh with them and when we do silly dances around the house. They don't care if my laundry room is color coordinated with matching bins and immaculately organized shelves. In fact that doesn't impress them at all. In fact I think my husband likes the fact that our laundry room looks like I do laundry for 8 people because I do and there's something just plain damn impressive about the sheer magnitude of  it. 

The people closest to you, the ones that really matter, how do they define awesome? Let's get that back. Let's get the awesomeness that creates true and lasting impact back. My little lovelies aren't scared during this time because they have witnessed that my peace comes from a source greater than my circumstances. They know that if we believed in a good God when things were easy, we still believe our good God when things are tough. 

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

Joshua 1:9

Start today. Awesomeness. Define it. Learn it. Be it. That's what I'm going to do.