....... and those are my issues!

LOL!! Okay, this page started as a joke between my best friend Katie and I.  We were doing what best friends do best, sharing our hearts in a non judgemental atmosphere. To me, one of the determining factors to whether a friendship is worthy to be preceded with the title "Best" is the priceless ability to bear all and share anything and everything with one another..... including your personal struggles or "issues" as we like to call them.  You see, we both have perfectionistic tendencies (like so many of you out there!) but they manifest in different ways for each of us.  That night, we were having a good ol' laugh about our issues and we joked that if we would start a blog entitled ".....and those are my issues!" it would be a mega hit!  Because one thing that women need is to have their feelings justified.  I firmly believe it to be theraputic, when I can relate to something that someone else is going through. It helps you to feel as though you are not alone in your struggle and you are not a freak or failure.  I, like many women, struggle with self condemnation and feeling like a failure.  I have a tendency to magnify my shortcomings and always see what I could have and should have done differently.  (I know, its just those previously mentioned pefectionistic and idealistic tendencies) 
     Sooooo, I found the option of adding another page to my blog and just HAD to do this, because sometimes sharing those things begin the healing process and help us work through those issues to freedom from them and toward balanced living. So, from time to time I will post on this page.  Please feel free to post also, just typing up your struggles and where you would like to see yourself with that situation later in life (a month, year or so) will bring healing and help you gain a starting point to moving forward.  God Bless you on this endeavor and never forget Phillipians 4:13 He promises that we can do all things through Christ who gives us the strength to do so!

     Be encouraged & blessed my friend, you are not alone in your struggles!! Lots of Love, Rachael