Rejoice Wonderful Women! It is Wednesday,
Yes that is right, it is celebration time! Please take a break out of your very busy day to appreciate something good about yourself. If you cannot think of one good thing about yourself, which by the way is hard to believe because you are fearfully and wonderfully made, then think of one thing you are thankful for. Start your celebration from that point and more will flow into your spirit.
Have you noticed the trend in media? There is a lot of talk and encouragement about personal worth. How important it is to not underestimate your worth, one meme even suggested that we need to discover our worth and add tax! While I laughed and nodded my head in agreement at the statement it did cause me to think about worth and value. There is a difference even though the words are closely related. So close in fact, that they often stand in for each other.
Worth is concerned with value that can be counted or appraised like a piece of property. Worth also deals with merit or credibility when we are talking about time. Worth includes things that we feel (or think) but is not necessarily tangible. How many times have you suggested a movie and said something like “trust me, the movie is worth the wait in line” or “make your reservations early, the restaurant is always booked two months in advance but you will not be disappointed”. This type of recommendation suggests that once you get in you will appreciate the wait for the reservation because they are the best. Worth suggests an investment of money or time. When you wanted to throw in the towel but your trainer said keep going, your hard work will pay off later. Later, at the finish line you realized you ran the entire race without stopping. The return on the investment comes with an appreciable amount of time. How we feel about ourselves or cause others to feel is the intangible appraisal of worth.
It is important to understand how easy it can be to allow ourselves to experience depreciation if we do not carefully consider our worth. We must guard our worth and value by not being so quick to respond to the demands of our flesh. Consider your answer carefully when the question “what’s it worth to ‘ya?” is on the table. Think about what (yes, I will go there) and who you are willing to accept; is the person coming from a place of love or is it control? Will the situation make you grow in a positive way? Think about the risk to your purpose when you accept what man says about you. Take care to calculate the cost. Is he worth your dignity just to have a few minutes of his time? Is fitting in with the “it” group worth your peace of mind when your gifts and talents require you stand alone? Wonderful Women are you worth the time it takes to get to know you. You are worth the wait.
Take some time to help another Wonderful Woman honor her worth.
It’s all ‘bout love,
Trudy
Copyright 2000 Trudy G. Doleman