Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
Philippians 2:3-4
I'm not a fan of people who seek to impress. This includes name droppers, fashion hounds, titles, how many letters you add after your name, how "prestigious" your education or home or car or salary or job. If you cannot simply be honest and yourself, you don't impress me. And to be honest, I'm not here to impress you either.
I am who I am, warts, moles, faults, quirks, eccentricities and all.
But the mission given me by God is to help others. To do this, I must rely on some pretty unimpressive things: my education (I was never a good student), my experiences (if it could be done wrong, chances are I did it), life learning (mistakes are harsh teachers). And to top it all off, if I may quote Popeye the Sailor Man, "I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam."
Who you see is who you get. I am curious, inquisitive, contemplative, I seek to learn, I seek to see things differently, I seek to help in unusual ways. In short, I'm not here to impress....God put me here to help.
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