Discovering Yourself Where You’re Meant to Be // So How's Your Self-Image Looking?, Part 2

<p class="p1">Some people spend their whole lives trying to sort out their identify – and as a result, they struggle terribly from problems of self–esteem and self–worth. But God has a plan to put you in a place where you can learn firsthand who you are, and what He made you to do.</p> <h3><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>DON’T BE SQUEEZED</strong></span></h3> <p>None of us likes wearing clothes that don’t fit particularly well. It’s a horrible feeling isn’t it? That shirt that’s too tight, or that pair of pants, or in the case of women the skirt that sits awkwardly on you. My personal nemesis has always been the stiff collar with a tie in the middle of summer. I tell you, after thirty years of having to wear a tie and a collar, these days I almost never wear them because I hate that feeling of being uncomfortable.</p> <p>So what happens with these ill-fitting clothes, because you hate wearing them, is that you can’t wait to get home and rip them off and get into something comfortable.</p> <p>I think we all relate to that, don’t we? And yet, so many people live their lives in something much worse than ill-fitting clothes – they live their lives in a straightjacket. Why? How? Because they’re somehow trying to be someone who they’re not; they’re trying to do something that they were never made to do.</p> <p>Interesting to look at the history of the proverbial straightjacket. It actually originated in France back in 1790, invented by an upholsterer named Guilleret for a hospital. It was in the time before psychiatric medications were developed and doctors simply didn’t know how to treat mental disorders like schizophrenia or depression or anxiety disorders, according to Wikipedia anyway.</p> <p>By the time of the American civil war, the mentally ill were often placed into poorhouses, workhouses and prisons, and forced to live with criminals. And again, they were being restrained by straightjackets.</p> <p>Now, it’s a terrible picture when you think about it, someone suffering from mental anguish, being restrain