I'm officially 26 and this past weekend my friends reminded me of the words below that I spoke at my 25th birthday celebration. Here's to pouring out everything you have & to friends who tell you the truth when you've forgotten who you are...
The temptation is to hold back, keep it in. After all, when you go all out there's great risk for failure, mistakes, exposure, vulnerability. You are willfully breaking yourself open so that people can see the life inside of you.
We hold this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all surpassing power is God, not from ourselves.
When you break yourself open, the light can shine out and through you...So go all out and leave nothing of yourself in the jar. Pour it all out and let yourself be surprised by the joy that emerges. Pour it all out like alabaster perfume. Pour your heart, your soul, your tiny voice, your small gift out like a river of fragrant love.
*Photo taken by Hector
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