Today = my "guilty pleasures."
I've never really used this term because it annoys me - it could be on the pet peeve list. lol I think we should all embrace and laugh about what makes us unique rather than downplaying it to fit in!
(*As Christians, we should feel conviction -- not condemnation or defeated shame, but the God-given desire and inner power to change -- over our sin, and all sin is temporarily pleasurable or we would not be drawn to it. But I know that's not what they mean when they say "guilty pleasure," so I won't get into a whole side thing on that.)
Google informs me that a guilty pleasure is something you enjoy (like a movie or song or TV show) that is not generally held in high regard; something you're ashamed to admit to friends and family that you watch/listen to. I watch several things that are probably unpopular and not held in high regard by the majority, but I feel zero guilt or shame over that...
I'm a Swifty (a T-Swift fan), I still like cheesy kid movies and shows (It Takes Two, Full House, etc.), I have lots of old school Eminem and Kanye West songs memorized, I enjoy children's books and young adult fiction, I'm a fan of cheerleading and gymnastics competitions, I go to movies by myself on the regular, I've eaten chocolate icing by the spoonful when I'm craving sugar, I'm a fan of Clay Aiken ("Claiken!") and have many burned CDs full of songs from his American Idol days, I adore musicals, I watched the somewhat-poorly-written Friday Night Lights mostly because Tim Riggins was hot, I really enjoy acapella songs and country music, I'm all about the superhero movies and finding spiritual metaphors in them, I'm a fan of the Grey's Anatomy monologues at the beginning and end of every show, and I love going line dancing (Copperhead Road, please)!! Bring it on!
I am quirky and random in so many other ways, and I embrace that... I like who I am and who I'm becoming, and I've never cared much whether I was popular!! #seekrealfriendships #qualityoverquantity I prefer friends who are confident and unashamedly themselves, not letting society diminish their uniqueness! ❤
On that note, here are some great quotes from Brene Brown's "Call to Courage" special:
"Vulnerability is having the courage to show up when you can't control the outcome. Today, I choose courage over comfort!"
"The fear of shame, the fear of criticism, was so great in my life up until that point -- I mean, just paralyzing -- that I engineered smallness in my life. I did not take chances; I did not put myself out there. I mean, I just didn't. It wasn't worth it to me to step into my power and play big because I didn't know if I could literally, physically withstand the criticism."
"It is so much easier to cause pain than to feel pain. When you don't acknowledge your vulnerability, you work you stuff out on other people... You can't take criticism and feedback from people who are not being brave with their lives. It will crush you."
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