"But what about looking for the ways we were shamed for our gifts and positive traits? I wonder how many of us are still unconscious to the ways we were (and still are) held back from being spectacular, wildly successful versions of ourselves? It’s one thing to be shamed for your insufficiencies, but what about the damage of being shamed or knocked down for your brilliance?"
It's funny, but I am just about to begin a blog post of my own on this sort of thing. About how nothing of the real you, nothing of your talents or anything like that; none of it really matters to the leadership. The piece will be titled 'Nothing Really Matters', like from the Queen song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' :D I do think that a major part of it is that so many Christians are incompetent fools, yes really!, and when people like you or I come along, people full of skill and talent, they feel threatened and they want to shut us down. Like, for example, the people who say that qualifications don't matter; they are usually people without qualifications. That's how I See it at the moment, anyway.
Great article
Nice piece, Julie :)
"But what about looking for the ways we were shamed for our gifts and positive traits? I wonder how many of us are still unconscious to the ways we were (and still are) held back from being spectacular, wildly successful versions of ourselves? It’s one thing to be shamed for your insufficiencies, but what about the damage of being shamed or knocked down for your brilliance?"
It's funny, but I am just about to begin a blog post of my own on this sort of thing. About how nothing of the real you, nothing of your talents or anything like that; none of it really matters to the leadership. The piece will be titled 'Nothing Really Matters', like from the Queen song 'Bohemian Rhapsody' :D I do think that a major part of it is that so many Christians are incompetent fools, yes really!, and when people like you or I come along, people full of skill and talent, they feel threatened and they want to shut us down. Like, for example, the people who say that qualifications don't matter; they are usually people without qualifications. That's how I See it at the moment, anyway.
You should send me a link to your article after you write it! I would enjoy reading that.
I'll do that, Julie, thanks :D It's going to be a couple of weeks in the making; I am still doing the thinking atm ;)