Unveiling My Thoughts: The Idea Behind Wear Your Treasure

Many years ago, I came across Matthew 6:21 as a Tumblr graphic. It immediately struck me.

I'm not much of a church-goer, I've been many times but the construct of it just never really stuck with me. I believe there's something bigger than us out in the universe. I have to because otherwise my anxiety riddled mind goes to a dark place trying to understand how we all got here as humans. That's a whole post all on its own.

But the language behind the message "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" has been something that crosses into my mind on a regular basis since I first read it. Be present with what matters most to you. Commit to the now to achieve desired happiness.

We cannot change the past and we should always strive to ensure the past does not dictate our future. (Therapy is cool. 10 out of 10, definitely recommend).

Today and tomorrow, we can do our best to control by deciding what matters most to us and keeping that as the focus of our day-to-day living.

For me, it's inside my four walls. The family we have created comes before anything and everything. Those we let inside are there purposefully and with intent. We get to decide the relationship that others can have with us as parents and our children as impressionable little learners. Boundaries are controlled by our values and what we deem to be important. Some are negotiable, others are not.

Our only goal is to ensure that our kids know that they have a forever safe space inside our home. That they are our treasure. Exactly as they are. We strive to support them and help them find their treasures in life.

But the idea of Wear Your Treasure is more than the big representation. It's also the play on words, "wear" your treasure. It's having your own identity and being completely comfortable with that. No matter what that looks like. If it's being super trendy and loving fast fashion, that's okay! If it's wearing the same clothes you've had since high school and not caring what you look like at Target on Sunday morning, perfect! As long as you are happy, do not care about what others are doing.

Go to the gym because you love it, drive for the challenge of hitting your next goal, but not because you feel the pressure to meet someone else's idea of you. Avoid cake because it's too sweet, not because of how it might hit the scale. Let the laundry pile up because there are other things worth spending your time on, and don't let it bother you. Be comfortable with being imperfect. Let imperfection be your treasure. No one is perfect. Perfect is not reality.

Wear Your Treasure as who you are today. Not yesterday, and not tomorrow. Today. The most present and perfect version of you is who you are in the moment.