Are You Talking About Me?

Why do we especially women take things so personally?  I am the first to admit I do this on a regular basis.  I have been told so many times in my life that I need to grow a thicker skin that I have lost count.  This phenomenon is so common in women that I have seen it in my family, church, and work, on Facebook and on websites.  Someone will make an innocent comment and twist it into something it was not meant to be. Like I said, I embarrassed to say I do this more often than I am happy to admit.  As a forty plus year old woman I need to put on my big girl pants and realize something and maybe you do too,  everything is not about me.  Everything written and uttered is not directed at my children, my family, my lifestyle or even what I just said five minutes ago.  I really think overall this comes from an (yes, I am going to say it) insecurity in women that something we are doing does not measure up to other women.  Are we parenting as well as the other moms? Are our marriages as good as our neighbors? Are our homes as nice?  We need to STOP the madness.  We need to be secure in knowing that we are exactly who we are made to be. That God did not made any mistakes when He created us and know that not everyone is talking about us when they make a simple remark. 

I am going to offer a simple challenge today. Post a comment here if you are willing to try to stop taking things personally that people post online or say in general conversation.  I will send a small "bouquet" of handmade flowers to a one random poster (this is just a sample colors will vary).