Week 33/52 - Perfect

you're so mean when you talk

about yourself - you are wrong

change the voices in your head

make them like you instead

Taken at Woodlands camp during a momentary lapse in the craziness of our two week trek down the East Coast in January.  I don't know why, but I just had that one phrase in my head from a song I heard somewhere while I was editing this photo and couldn't get away from it.  Although I doubt this concept was the the intent of the original author, I know that it is a constant battle for me and many people to "change the voices" we listen to in our heads.  The voices of ourselves, the voices of those around us, society, lies straight from the enemy - all of them loud, confusing and chaotic.  It's a constant, conscious mental decision to change the voices of discouragement, despair, and condemnation to encouragement, hope, and freedom.  Even more important than telling yourself positive things is ultimately listening to that Still, Small Voice that speaks only truth and love.