I am a very short woman- I stand at only 4 ft 8 in tall. In a society where so much focus is placed on look, so being short can be really challenging especially when you become an adult and seek competitive employment. I know I have been hindered from getting a job just because of how I look. I don't look my age at all so it can be hard for me to prove I am a capable adult.
To me, height is just like age, it means nothing! I have learned to compensate for my height in many ways through out my life, one of them is obviously how I communicate. Even when I was child, my parents were told, I get through life just be my communication. I have learned that my height doesn't define me- unless I let it. I don't feel my height impairs me in too many ways, expect in how people perceive me and how I interact with other adults.
Before my Grandmother passed away she told me that "Big things come in small packages." Even though I am short I can still be tall in other ways- where it truly counts. I have learned that looks truly aren't everything. We live in a society where we are taught how to dress and how to be beautiful. We see commercial after commercial on products that will make us look good. Well I am all for dressing well and looking good, I feel we tend to take it too an unhealthy level and lose ourselves gradually in the process.
We are such more then how we look. Stand tall in the ways that truly matter. Stand tall in love, stand tall in humility, stay tall in God, stay tall in relationships. That's what life is all about. It doesn't matter how tall we stand. It is that heart that is all that matter. That's what God looks at, we ought to do the same.
No comments:
Post a Comment