Acceptance

As we grow up we hear a lot of people who are usually older then us tell us that we need to be accepting of others, but how much do we hear that we need to be accepting of ourselves? Im stupid for thinking otherwise and an idiot for not recognizing the truth.
So our high school pastor has stepped down after two years in the ministry and is now pursuing his passion. Improv theatre. Go figure. Im sad to see him go, but very proud of him for following his muse. I applaud everyone, especially my friends for pursuing their passion. And it makes me wonder and feel really weird, because I know who I am but Im not always accepting of who I am. Sometimes I think my friends know me more then I do, but the honest truth is that they dont. They are just more accepting of me than I am. And I thank you for your honest appreciation of who I am. Man, its so much easier to tell someone else to pursue what you see in them than it is to tell yourself.
So this guys name is Russ. Im sure he will be more famous someday, but we were talking and I was like. You should play drums in my band. He is 32 and married with a 1 year old kid, but he is one of the coolest guys you will ever meet. Anyhow, he said yeah if I ever had the time. Then I said Im not a good drummer, guitar is my thing. Then he went on to say he wished he was a better guitarist. And I was like, you know its funny that its human nature that we just cant be satisfied with our strengths, we are always looking at something else to be good at when we arent. And I was like, you are a funny guy, why you want to play guitar? And he laughed and said, you are so right.
And the conversation went on from there and there is so much more I want to say because tonight was such an eye opener for me, but its too much to type. But I got my main point across. Its like adding logs to the fire inside me and making it bigger. haha. Hope the analogy works for you guys. Goodnight!