Social Anxieties

We all have "issues". These issues come from childhood, hurts or just plain personality but our issues are what bring us together, tear us apart and when we work through them, make us into the people who we are.

Most of the time an issue that we see in someone else, is usually an issue that we have or that we have overcome. I, for instance, I see new moms struggle with leaving their new babies at home with daddy, guilt free, because I hardly left the house without Hope or Austin fearing that Kevin couldn't handle it and it would be mean to my babies. Mom, Tanya and Tara will likely remember that time very well as it was they who pulled my though it. It was also Mom who told me to make Kevin stay because he needed to learn to deal with the screamy baby, "He's the dad Jennifer." It wasn't easy I will admit, but boy! am I glad that I learned it that way. I wish I could tell all the moms that they needed that information but, it seems that it's the kind of thing you either learn or don't learn and it's on your own.

To get on with my reason for posting, I have been noticing all around me people who have social anxieties. My husband used to very hard to get out of the house for a social function and over the years and through councelling and self help type groups, he's learned to overcome that one thing that made it hard for us to be social....obviously I am glad because I am who I am...duh... but again, back to my reason for posting. I am sure that this issue is getting under my skin because I am on the opposite side of the spectrum on it, but I just don't want to be bothered by it anymore because, well, it's none of my business. A couple of themes of my life are that I don't want people judging me and I don't want to judge. I am wondering about this social anxiety thing though and asking for prayer on it. Do I have them too? I suppose we all do in some way, but really I just want to sort it out.... like I said, it's none of my business really.