{"id":333,"date":"2013-01-08T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staceetaft.com\/?p=333"},"modified":"2013-01-08T15:44:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T23:44:25","slug":"amazingly-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"Amazingly Average"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are so many things I wish I could be amazing at\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a writer\u2026 more a quick thoughts on paper gal.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a blogger\u2026 as you can probably tell by the infrequency of my posts. LOL<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a speaker\u2026 I\u2019m a talker.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a singer\u2026 but I can read music and keep a tune.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not a dancer\u2026 although our first dance at our wedding was the cha-cha.<\/p>\n

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There are days when<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve obviously spent too much time looking at others\u2019 amazing talents<\/p>\n

because I feel very \u2018less than\u2019 and well, not amazing at anything.<\/p>\n

My whole life I feel like I\u2019ve been average.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t get me wrong,<\/p>\n

I can do anything I put my mind to,<\/p>\n

but I never seem to excel the way those around me do<\/p>\n

and it always seems harder than it is for others.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Perhaps I don\u2019t have enough drive?<\/p>\n

Perhaps I don\u2019t have a killer business instinct?<\/p>\n

Perhaps I don\u2019t have enough natural talent?<\/p>\n

Perhaps I don\u2019t have enough energy?<\/p>\n

Perhaps I haven\u2019t had the \u2018right\u2019 mentor?<\/p>\n

Perhaps I just expect too much of myself?<\/p>\n

Who knows\u2026 but the feelings are real.<\/p>\n

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I know what I am\u2026<\/p>\n

I am a wife\u2026 a flawed one who thankfully has a very patient and loving husband.<\/p>\n

I am a mom\u2026 of two crazy, awesome kiddos, also thankfully patient and loving.<\/p>\n

I am a graphic designer\u2026<\/p>\n

I am a portrait photographer\u2026<\/p>\n

I am a teacher…<\/p>\n

I am a friend\u2026 {of some of the most incredible people on the planet}<\/p>\n

I am a child of the King\u2026 thus a princess by adoption.<\/p>\n

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And although I am nowhere close to being amazing at these either\u2026<\/p>\n

they are part of who I am.<\/p>\n

And as I strive on to excel further\u2026<\/p>\n

I have to keep in mind that<\/p>\n

I am blessed\u2026<\/p>\n

far beyond what I deserve.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When I remember that I am blessed\u2026<\/p>\n

when I take time to be thankful…<\/p>\n

all those things I wish I were more amazing at\u2026<\/p>\n

seem a little less daunting.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, even possible someday.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For any of you who feel \u2018less than\u2019 today as you look around<\/p>\n

at your competition,<\/p>\n

your colleagues,<\/p>\n

your family,<\/p>\n

your friends\u2026<\/p>\n

or what you see via the internet\u2026<\/p>\n

I am reminded of a quote I saw on Pinterest,<\/p>\n

\u201cJealousy comes from counting others\u2019 blessings instead of our own! \u201c<\/p>\n

So once again I remind myself,<\/p>\n

and anyone else who might need to hear it, too\u2026<\/p>\n

to be content where I am,<\/p>\n

yet always striving toward where I want to be.<\/p>\n

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*I took the image at the top on the way home from Christmas at my parents\u2019. The moon was so big and beautiful. I am thankful my sweet family was gracious and stopped so I could capture a quick\u00a0photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are so many things I wish I could be amazing at\u2026 I\u2019m not a writer\u2026 more a quick thoughts on paper gal. I\u2019m not a blogger\u2026 as you can probably tell by the infrequency of my posts. LOL I\u2019m not a speaker\u2026 I\u2019m a talker. I\u2019m not a singer\u2026 but I can read music […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[26,32,51,65,66,74,82,83,88,98,101],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staceetaft.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}