Day 29 - Brain Power?

30 Day Challenge - Day 29:

In this past month, what have you learned?

I assume this is intended to be about what have I learned as I've completed each challenge each day.  Oh, man, was I supposed to be learning something??????

Let me think this one through.

First off, in the past month I have learned that keeping a new blog post every single day is really time consuming and a definite challenge.  I will not continue posting on a daily basis, but it's been a fun opportunity to look at myself, as I've said before, in ways I don't usually think.

I've learned (actually I already figured this but it's been brought to the forefront with this challenge) that I really crave approval.  I look for comments on every post like a castaway looking for food on a desert island.  I do not like that about me.  I should not need approval from other people to validate myself.  That's something I need to work on, but in the meantime, thanks everyone who comments.  You really do make my day.

At the conclusion of this challenge, I feel like I've really pulled a lot from my past.  It's been fun to recognize the number of friends and loved ones who have influenced me over the years.  It's been a good opportunity to recognize my blessings and especially the influence my family of friends and loved ones have on me.  I think I need to be a better friend to others and to reach out more.

In recognizing those blessings, I have learned how much God cares about me and each of you. I see His hand in so many things in my life, and am eternally grateful for that, and feel very humbled by it.

And last of all, I've learned that I'm stingy with the camera.  I guess I'm always behind the camera because I really don't like the way I look in pictures.  As a result, I have very few pictures of me.  Not that I need them, because I do not, but as much as I love my pictures of you, I want you to have some pictures of me, too.  I need to work on that because I look at pictures I did not like from years ago, and today I would love to look that way again.  Ok, people, I promise I'm going to start passing the camera around a little more.