Who I am

I'm learning daily who I am. You see before others defined who I was and the minute I realised it my relationship with those peope changed. I for too long depened on people to define who I was. I allowed them to shape my attitude and my appearance. I allowed them to tell me how to dress, how to act, how to exist. I allowed persons to 'dictate my pace'. Sad but so true. I am learning everyday how to think for myself. How to form my opinions and make my own decisions. I am learning that based on what I choose to believe ad stand for I will lose friends. I will be pesecuted, I will be frowned upon but I will be happy. I will be happy because I now allow God to dictate my pace. I no longer have to depend on others to give me purpose. I can be confident in who I am and who holds my future. I am learning everyday who's opinion really counts. If God is fine with me and created me this way then i am too. I refuse to change who I am and what I believe based on your perception of who I should be. I am learning everyday that I am different. I am not like you and will never be.

So I am Nataki Aatifa Lendor. I am strong, intelligent, bold, loud, assertive, passionate and much much more. My God created me this way and I will not change for anyone. It is time we accept who God created us to be and stop trying to be who others perceive us or want us to be. If God wanted us to all be the same he would have created us that way.

We in turn need to quit trying to make others into who we perceive them to be but view them as God sees them. A diamond in the rough who's purpose is just as important as ours. 

I am learning everyday who I am and who God wants me to be. Who are you?