keep your dreads...

and be a professional too.

I now have 2 jobs. One at the spa that I wrote about before. And today I officially work at a Chiropractic office as well. I am really excited about that.

I went to my aunt and uncles in Calgary this weekend because one of my Grammas from Ontario was there. Over all it was a really good weekend.

I went with my dad and a few times we didn't go. And I had a realization this weekend, that my dad thinks he is a failure. He is so afraid to visit his family, because he thinks that they think he is a failure. He has always felt like the black sheep of the family. And I never really understood why. I mean his family seems to love him. I will never really understand what made my dad the way he is.

And I have come to the conclusion that words are so much more powerful than we think. The words that have been spoken over a person in the past can have holds on them their whole lives. People feel obligated to live up to other people's standards and what if the standards aren't very high? What if the words you say about people make them who they are? If you knew that what you said about your friend, daughter, brother, a stranger on the street could change who they are, would you still have said that? Would you still have made that comment?

All my dad needs to know is that someone is proud of him. My dad is the picture of society. Of the society of today, who doesn't know how to be loved. That feels like such a failure that they couldn't possibly be worth of love from God. What are we as the body speaking over people? What are we speaking over the body of Christ? What are we speaking over ourselves?

Think about it...think about how you've been shaped by other people. Think...