Budzban: Embrace your uniqueness, succeed in a different way

I recently thought about these words when pondering over something that I have been wanting to do. Due to some physical restrictions, I couldn#146;t do it the same way as everyone else. I needed to get a little creative. I dared myself to get motivated and take the chance. However, when I compared myself with others, I didn#146;t really feel equipped to perform the task.

Have you ever felt inept or disabled? Maybe like me, you really do suffer some type of disability. It may be physical or mental. Maybe you#146;re just slower than normal.

One of my grandson#146;s has battled learning disabilities that at times have made him feel like he doesn#146;t quite match up to society#146;s norm. However, when we face battles such as these we just have to think out of the box.

I heard a story about a man who suffered a stroke. All of a sudden he was faced with learning a different way of doing things. He called his disability #147;differ-ability.#148;

One of my favorite biblical accounts is about a young man named David, who was instructed in his heart by God, to slay a giant in the land. David had been a shepherd boy all his life, and had not fought in an army before. When he went before the king and asked if he could take a turn at slaying the giant, the king agreed but gave him a sword and suit of armor to wear.

David tried the armor on, but felt restricted by it. He was use to protecting his sheep using a slingshot and stones. So he asked the king to grant him permission to fight the giant the way he battled bears and lions. The king gave him permission.

I would imagine that most people in the crowd thought David#146;s tactic would never work. However, David followed his sense of differ-ability and successfully slew the giant and later became king and commander of the army.

I believe we all suffer some differ-ability. But we strive to fit society#146;s norms, and fall short. We try so hard to be like everyone else when we were all created to be different.

Instead, if we follow our creative desires to succeed in a different way, we should stop and discern if God may be encouraging us, like he did with David, to do things in ways that work for us.

If that#146;s the case, then we can inspire ourselves by saying, #147;Go ahead, I double dare you!#148;

Ÿ Annettee Budzban is a Christian author, speaker, life coach and nurse. She can be contacted by email at Annetteebudzban@aol.com.