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Originally Posted by AmysJourney
"Did you know that my goal is to make it to day #30? Yes, that is what I am striving for 
It's "Voice of Truth" from Casting Crowns. Yeah, you know I am a Christian so I am kind of a sucker for songs that sing of faith but are not exactly hymns.
This song has gripped me tightly around my heart, it doesn't let go of me and I don't seem to be able to let go of it.
It sings about how we often are told lies by this life, telling us we are too weak, too insignificant, to unlovable. It sings about all the voices around us who tell us that we will never win, that we will always fail.
But it says that there is a "Voice of Truth" that we can actually choose to listen to.
The Voice of Truth is telling us that we are loved, that we are able, that we are not alone, that we are not worthless.
For us Christians the Voice of Truth is God's voice, but even for people who are not Christians, this really is true as well.
After listening to her for a while I grabbed a piece of paper and a red, a yellow and a black pen. I asked her what colour she liked best out of these three. I expected her to say black but her eyes started to twinkle when she smiled and said: YELLOW.
She drew the most perfect yellow rose I have ever seen a child her age draw. I was stunned - this little girl had amazing talent and yet she believed the voices around her that she was absolutely useless.
Haha, perhaps this was a meaningful email after all! Who knows?
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It is meaningful to me.
I listen to that song all the time in my car - especially after a difficult therapy session or when I'm feeling especially low. I agree that it doesn't have to be only for Christians; for me I find it comforting to think that perhaps outside my own critical voice there is a greater truth which sometimes (lots of times) I cannot see/hear because I'm too stuck in my self reproaching trivialities.
No one ever said nasty things about me, nor do I necessarily believe that I am worthless when I'm not over-emotional....but somewhere in me (and I genuinely wonder at times if it is simply existential angst), I feel really alone. The song helps me feel less alone.
You say not all people are bad. I cannot understand people very well so I'm confused a lot. Someone can do/say something horrible but not necessarily be all bad. But then when do you accept they're essentially a good person having a bad day, and when do you say that's not acceptable to me, and when do you do neither but walk away?! Obviously I'm not talking in respect to those people/times that are obviously horrid and abusive. I find it hard understanding how/why good people can do bad things and that it is not ever really anything about me. Isn't that very egotistical to continue to think that way....especially as I know I do the same too, but it still confuses me. I even find it hard knowing good people can have different opinions from each other - it's silly but I find it hard to understand how someone feels when they happily state their differing opinion and don't feel they have to be the same or be aggressive with it. Sometimes if I say something that I think might be different from what everyone else is saying but I risk it, my heart rate leaps rapidly and I start shaking...even though generally I wouldn't be considered shy! It's hard because I think I have the intelligence to understand this yet I still can't seem to after a long time trying. Gosh, sorry for the ramble again.
What colour pen would you have picked at her age? And what do you think you would have drawn?
I like your goal!