My thoughts on each passage are in bold. Otherwise the passages are either directly from the book or my paraphrase.
- I am not alone in this nagging sense of failing to measure up, a feeling of not being good enough as a woman. This is deeper than failing at what I do, but a fear of failing at who I am. I am not enough & I'm too much at the same time. It seems as if I could have written this passage myself. It is so refreshing to know I'm not the lone oddball who never feels like I can be enough. Who always feels like too much. I'm definitely always concerned that I am failing at who I am. I'm just amazed that it's not just me!
- I feel unseen even by those who are closest to me; unsought (not pursued). I wonder if people ever see who I really am. I always feel analyzed for every little thing and that people never see the whole person. I know who I feel like I am inside, but will other people ever perceive me that way?
-The desires planted deep in our hearts seem like a luxury, granted only to those women who get their acts together. I often wonder if I will ever have my act together. It seems that every time I conquer something the Lord is showing me that I need to work on, there is always something else that needs to be fixed, and I get so disappointed and discouraged when I fall back into my old habits.
- It's not about what I ought to do or who I ought to be. It's about who I already am, as a woman. Your kidding right. Everything I've ever read or heard has made me feel like I need to change. Not that I need to embrace who I already am. Who am I anyway? I'm surely ready to find out. I'm tired of struggling day in and day out. Feeling like I'm not growing fast enough. Being a disappointment. I definitely needed this book! | 
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Jan. 17, 2008 - Untitled Comment
I'm reading it in bite-sized amounts. Savoring it... =D