Imitation is the Biggest Form of Flattery

 

“Imitation is the biggest form of flattery.” 

I hadn’t felt like I had words for the last several weeks. I’d sit down and try to write and they just didn’t come. So when they flowed during my break at work yesterday, I went with it and posted. 

Several hours later I got a message from a friend, and then another. “Were those your words? I saw So-and-so posted the exact same thing on her page.” This was a mutual Facebook friend so naturally I went to check it out only to realize she had de-friended me. So she’d stolen my words, defriended me and then posted them as her own. And her post was blowing up.

Ugh. 

I felt it in my gut. Violated? Insecure? Angry? Disappointed?!

I struggled to discern what I was feeling but I knew I felt SUPER disappointed in this person for not only stealing my words, but for also refusing to take them down 😭🤯. (She has since blocked me and all of our mutual friends).

What I realized was one of the issues is that I was feeling my ego a bit. There was a part of me that was thinking that all of those beautiful comments on her post (about my words) were meant for me. And I wanted them. 😫 not cool I know 🤷🏼‍♀️ but being real and honest because I said I would be and I 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 to be. 

So, I meditated, went on a walk, chatted with one of my best friends, and realized it was OK. It was ok to admit I, like everyone else, have an ego. That even though I try to be humble, I still crave praise. I still 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦 being heard. 

Once I admitted that, and let it out, I was able to let it go.

I feel sad for this woman, who is clearly suffering and going through a divorce. I feel badly that she felt like she needed to steal my words, to release her own. 

But that part is on her. She’s got healing to do. And obviously, so do I.

So I’m gonna play with my kids today and remember that we can’t let our ego get the best of us. That my words are meant for mostly myself, but for friends and family and my followers too. And I really have no control what others will do with them. And trusting that 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 people will be safe with them, that’s part of what my post was about yesterday. Not living in fear.

So I won’t say you can’t steal my words today. If that’s what you need to do, you do you.

I know these are my words 💕