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I Wish. I Am. I Will Be.

I Wish. I Am. I Will Be.
12 posted on January 12, 2010
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POSTED IN: Authenticity, Blog Posts, Creativity, photos

Dutch Photographer Erwin Olaf recently released a brilliant series of self-portraits entitled “I Wish. I Am. I Will Be”

Time for a little self-examination and honesty. Here’s mine…

I WISH sometimes that I had a lot of money and lived a life of ease and luxury
I AM actually enjoying the life that I’m living right now
I WILL BE dead and buried in 70 years so why do I keep chasing after the things that won’t last?

I WISH I had the six-pack abs and well-toned physique
I AM someone who works behind a computer all day so go figure
I WILL BE as strong and as fit as I have the discipline to be

Your turn…

I Wish…I Am…I Will Be…

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    1 Cherith said:

    ooo… this is a good one!

    I WISH I was skinny like I dream about and eating organic with a clean house

    I AM very pregnant with no desire to clean and eat healthy

    I WILL BE a busy stay-at-home mommy with more kids soon to show down the road but maybe have a cleaner house.

    (this, if you can’t tell, is very current feelings…)



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    2 bondChristian said:

    I wish I were a best-selling author.

    I am a blogger.

    I will be a best-selling author only if I allow God to radically shape who I am and what I have to offer through Him.

    -Marshall Jones Jr.



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    3 taylor said:

    I WISH I could run the 5K at Race for the Cure this fall in honor of my mama, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in November.
    I AM an excessively busy college student trying to balance too many hats on my head, who is trying not to be unmotivated in training for this race.
    I WILL BE crying as I cross the finish line in October.



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    4 Nick said:

    I wish I was a great communicator.
    I am a bumbling, stumbling idiot.
    I will be as good as God wants me to be.



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    5 Jorin Cowley said:

    I WISH, I was an International Traveler, Photographer, Philanthropist, Blogger, Vlogger, Speaker, Business Man Extraordinaire, a Fantastic Friend to All, With no Worries in the World.

    I AM, Owner of two business working his butt of to get there. With too much month at the end of the money. Going for lunch . . not out to lunch, luckily . . I think.

    I WILL BE, striving towards my goals I set in my own life, hoping they are also God’s goals that He set for my life. In the end I will be at peace. I WILL BE waiting patiently, listening quietly, running the race.

    -Jorin Cowley



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    6 Adam said:

    I wish..that i had all the qualities that I think I should have.

    I am the man that God has made me to be, and I need to accept it.

    I will be striving to be more of what God is calling me to be not what I think I should be.



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    7 BJ said:

    I wish I was already 100% pursuing the calling God has called for me, but am comforted by what he has allowed me to do already, but trust his timing

    I am a blessed man who professionally sells payroll & HR for ADP (if you need payroll give me a shout!!!!)

    I will be leading worship someday full time passionately leading the masses in true, honest, heartfelt worship where faith meets reality and the presence of God shakes the roof off…..boom… I could keep on going!



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    8 Dave Wilson said:

    I WISH I could take the world by storm.

    I AM in a storm, under an umbrella, standing in a puddle.

    I WILL BE in the boat with the one who tells the storm “Peace, be still.”

    Uncharacteristically poetic,
    Dave



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    9 Paul Steinbrueck said:

    I WISH I was courageously attempting great, selfless things for God.

    I AM attempting modest things for God while clinging to many of the comforts, distractions, and safety the world offers.

    I WILL BE… ??? It’s up to God and the degree to which I release my grip on the things of this world.



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    10 Jen said:

    I wish I was rich.
    I am nowhere near rich.
    I will be wealthy in other ways than money.



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    11 Jenny said:

    I wish I had a million dollars.
    I am not there yet.
    I will be further away tomorrow.



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    12 Sharilyn said:

    I wish to have more out of life.
    I am in a funk.
    I will work and wait for my opportunity to arise.



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    13 Preston Vet said:

    wow, these images are thought provoking in the extreme. Thx for making me sit up and pay attention.



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