What I Saw In The Library Today.

And why it bothered me.

Today, I went to the library to get some much needed studying done. I tried to focus, but just found myself people-watching instead (don't act like you've never done it...)

Directly in my line of vision I spot this couple on the couch. And they were all over each other. In front of a whole bunch of people. Weird! But that wasn't what bothered me. No, what bothered me was the fact that when the guy was about to leave with his friend, the girl gets all pouty and looks as if she's going to cry. Really? I mean, I don't think he's going very far. So guy sits back down and consoles girl. Meanwhile guy's friend is looking pretty flustered - as if this has happened one too many times. Admitedly, I don't know their past, I don't know them as people but my question is, why is she so upset? Is he really so big a part of her life that she cannot function without him? Truthfully, I'm annoyed. Why, because I have been that girl. But even more than my annoyance I want to walk over to this girl and ask her what is going on in her head! If I could, I would tell her:

"Find yourself! Find out who you are! Find out what it is you were created to do and who you were created to be! You were put together piece by piece by someone who loves you - do not let yourself be defined by a fleeting, temporal relationship! You were given talents and gifts meant to bless others. Do not suppress this light that you have because you think you need him to be your outlet."

Like I said, I don't know these 2 from Adam and Eve, but I just know that look on her face, that feeling she was conveying. You can see by the look in her eyes that she lacks confidence and is so unsure when he is not around. It doesn't need to be that way. I've been that girl; I know.

Let her know that she is beautiful. She was created to shine on her own. To depend on no one but the One who created her. Lord, open her eyes.