ABHORRENCE
A good friend of mine said the following to me the other day. She says, “You are the most authentic person I know and this quote reminded me of you!” Then she sent me the following quote. "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." — Frederick Douglass For those out there like me who might wonder what the word “abhorrence” means it means this according to the Webster II dictionary: ABHORRENCE: To consider with horror or disgust. I have to say that when she sent this to me I had one of those moments where I felt this imaginable grace and wonderful truth that… IT IS SOO IMPORTANT TO BE MYSELF and it is important for me to not “take my life so seriously because it is only life after all”—(Indigo girls) and doing just that helps me make the best of my life. Others judgements of me are an illusion. My judgements of others are illusions because we are all perfect in the eyes of God. I truly believe that some people are in touch with themselves which is where God is. He is in me and I am in him. People like my friend have eyes that see through the illusions. She sees me and she knows that I see her. The illusions are hard to see past, but once you do you see perfection and the closer you are to being just fine. Just fine is good for me. So, I do prefer to be true to myself even if others want to persecute me for that because any other way for me would be false. It would be a life time or a journey filled with illusions of what others think I should be and I don’t want to ever get down the road and find that I look at myself with horror and disgust. Faith, Hope and Love is all it takes for me to look deeper and see what is real.Thanks for Everything Heather. Love you much–Mindy
