Imperfect Game-Changers

Let's be game changers -- a collective community who isn't afraid to do things differently. To show all sides, and not just the pretty, polished ones. We can say all we want is to be vulnerable and real, but unless we're willing to actually expose ourselves then these sentiments are just empty words in sermons or motivational speeches or on white computer screens. If we're going to impact one another, if we're going to heal our own hearts, if we're going to truly be in the trenches with the people in our lives, then it starts with showing our imperfect selves -- not just to our inner circles, but to the world.

If we only portray the image we feel others want to see, or others expect to see, we are missing out. We are missing out on embracing our own identities, and we are missing out on letting people know that they are not the only ones who struggle. That they don't have to be perfect. That they don't have to fit a mold. That they are not alone. 

If we only show our light, our triumphs, our perfectly prepared words, would people taken comfort in that? Or would they feel that no one understands, that no one gets it, that no one struggles or suffers as they do? If we censor our thoughts and stifle our stories, then we aren't being truthful. We aren't showing the full, un-edited picture. And it's truth that gives us freedom in a world chained by hypocrisy and lies. It's truth that moves people from the fringes as outcasts and lepers to a place of belonging. Truth, and love, and perhaps faith.