"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."
- Proverbs 23:7
Literally, it means you are what you think. If you can think of nothing but failure, then you will not be able to think of success. That seems to be the theme of my day today. The sermon at church today was on the creation of man, and how God made us the way we are, and how he loves us unconditionally, like a parent loves a child. Then I went to see "Adaptation", which is a somewhat disjointed movie with a Nicholas Cage as Charlie Kaufman, a screenwriter who has major self-esteem problems. He's fat, he's balding, he can't seem to get a date, and he's got writer's block. We hear in voiceover Charlie's thoughts. In fact, the movie opens with a monologue of Charlie tearing himself apart, piece by piece. It was somewhat painful to watch, as some of the issues that he beats himself over is what I do to myself sometimes. I tell myself I'm not worthy of anyone's love, much less God's love. I need to work on that.
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