{"id":7864,"date":"2017-03-13T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=7864"},"modified":"2017-03-12T21:29:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T03:29:04","slug":"between-who-you-are-and-who-you-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/between-who-you-are-and-who-you-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Between who you are and who you want to be"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cBetween who you are and who you want to be, is what you do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I was in the kitchen peeling an Orange when I squeezed it a little too hard and juice ran down my hand onto the counter. And of course it did because it\u2019s an Orange, so when we squeeze it, orange juice is going to come out because that\u2019s what\u2019s inside the orange.\u00a0 For some reason that made me wax philosophical today and the following thought came to mind:<\/p>\n

When you squeeze an orange, what will come out of it is orange juice. It doesn\u2019t matter who squeezes the orange, it doesn\u2019t matter where you are when you squeeze it, and it doesn\u2019t matter when you squeeze it. If you squeeze an orange what will come out is orange juice.<\/p>\n

By that same token when anyone squeezes a lemon, the same thing applies\u2026what will come out is lemon juice.<\/p>\n

And when anyone squeezes a lime\u2026what will come out is lime juice.<\/p>\n

When you squeeze them what is genuinely inside of them is what is going to come out.<\/p>\n

When life metaphorically squeezes each of us, when we face times of pressure, regardless of who applies the pressure, where the pressure is applied, or when or why it is applied\u2026what will come out of us is whatever is genuinely inside of us.<\/p>\n

I suppose we find out the most about ourselves we observe what comes out of us as we go through difficult things. That is a bit of a humbling thought because I can think of plenty of times when I have been tired or hangry (angry due to being hungry) and I have acted short or snappy toward others. \u00a0So that tells me I still have some work to do to improve.<\/p>\n

As the opening quote points out, to become the person we want to become we have to take action now and do things every day that will help us become more of the person we want to become. We need to do things that will help us improve spiritually, mentally, and physically every single day.\u00a0 The more we do that, the better what\u2019s genuinely inside of us will be.<\/p>\n

~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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