Treasured

I have some words written on my bathroom mirror in dry erase crayon.

They change when I clean my mirror, but for the most part, they have the same theme:

Don’t let anyone steal your magic.

Be the (love, good, change, joy, hope, peace, magic) you wish to see in the world

You are loved / good enough / treasured.

It’s sometimes easy to forget these messages, so I keep them where I look at them first thing in the morning, reminding me that the voices in my head are wrong. I am valuable. I am enough. I am treasured.

That last one is a new way of thinking for me. I am treasured.

There’s a verse in Matthew that reads….

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Matthew 6:21, New International Version

Where we see value, we also see hearts.

But the problem often is that we don’t see value, especially in ourselves. Where we should see good, we see only faults. Where we should see optimism, we see cynicism. We need faith, but we can’t embrace it. We need hope, but we can’t receive it. We need love, but we don’t accept it.

We are valuable, but we don’t believe it.

What happens then? What happens when we can’t see the treasure trove that surrounds us? What happens when we don’t see the value we have or the value others have? Where are our hearts then?

That’s when we lose the magic.

It’s in finding the value again that magic is reborn.

Over the course of this year, I set several goals for my writing. Several of them were goals specifically set for this blog of mine. I set what I thought were realistic goals. But being one who sometimes has a hard time believing in the value of my own worth, I decided to set the bar low. I took aim for the moon, as it were.

Dear friends, I not only have achieved those goals….. I have already knocked several of them out of the solar system with your help.

I underestimated myself. I did not value my own worth, even when others had seen my value. But with each comment, each share of my blog posts, each review of one of my books, each message of how I have helped others through times of trouble or just put a smile on their face with one of my musings, I have discovered that I have value. I am treasured by others. And with that, I have found the magic in myself.

I am treasured. I am valued.

It comes full circle, really. Trying to find treasures to store up is why I strive to show the love, the peace, the hope, and the joy to others as well. Each post I write, each silly picture I share (I have a whole album of daily unicorn adventures over on Facebook is anyone is interested in seeing them), each message I pen, I try to show others their own values, for in seeing them valued, I have stored up my own treasures. But they are then sent out again. For that is where my own heart is also.

You are valued.

You are treasured.

Find your treasures. Store them up. Spend them with love.

Stay magical.

Write your own story.

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