Unseen
I think that so many of us feel unseen or invisible at one point or another. In the movie, "The Princess Diaries," Mia at one point talks about being invisible and liking it. They make such a point of it that she gets sat on at one point by someone not paying attention. Have you ever felt like that? I know that I have felt invisible a lot lately and on many different fronts.
1. I feel invisible at work. I have other coworkers that seem to have huge flashing lights around them and I feel invisible and overlooked. I was passed over for a few promotions in the last year and it has been a difficult pill to swallow as I keep hoping and trying for an opportunity to feel that my efforts aren't wasted and that I can some how fulfill my potential.
2. I feel invisible at church. I want to serve. I want to have a calling. I feel sometimes like I am not seen for my talents and people forget that I am an option. I need to change my view on some callings and that is most definitely on me, but I truly feel unseen.
3. I feel invisible in my own family, on two levels. With my brothers and sisters I feel like they don't see who I am now, they only see who I was in high school and lets face it, I am not sure any of us liked her, not even her. I have grown a lot and I wish they could see it to the point where maybe our relationships will be better. I am trying. I know they are trying, but that invisible feeling is difficult to shake.
With my kids and husband, I know Pete sees me, I truly do, but sometimes I don't think he sees what I really need. This is not fair to say, I know. I just feel like an afterthought at times. I am sure I do the same to him. I need to work on that. My kids same, but that's normal, right?
I know that with all of this unseen feeling, I am loved individually by my Father in Heaven. There are too many tender mercies and little things that tell me he loves me and that he sees me.
1. I feel invisible at work. I have other coworkers that seem to have huge flashing lights around them and I feel invisible and overlooked. I was passed over for a few promotions in the last year and it has been a difficult pill to swallow as I keep hoping and trying for an opportunity to feel that my efforts aren't wasted and that I can some how fulfill my potential.
2. I feel invisible at church. I want to serve. I want to have a calling. I feel sometimes like I am not seen for my talents and people forget that I am an option. I need to change my view on some callings and that is most definitely on me, but I truly feel unseen.
3. I feel invisible in my own family, on two levels. With my brothers and sisters I feel like they don't see who I am now, they only see who I was in high school and lets face it, I am not sure any of us liked her, not even her. I have grown a lot and I wish they could see it to the point where maybe our relationships will be better. I am trying. I know they are trying, but that invisible feeling is difficult to shake.
With my kids and husband, I know Pete sees me, I truly do, but sometimes I don't think he sees what I really need. This is not fair to say, I know. I just feel like an afterthought at times. I am sure I do the same to him. I need to work on that. My kids same, but that's normal, right?
I know that with all of this unseen feeling, I am loved individually by my Father in Heaven. There are too many tender mercies and little things that tell me he loves me and that he sees me.
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