A Good Attitude and Perseverance

Who I Am

Be who YOU want to be, not who OTHER PEOPLE want you to be. 

Are You Who You Want To Be?

"This is your life. Are you who you wanna be?" 

                                        -"This Is Your Life" by Switchfoot 

Getting Through

Be thankful for everything in your life. Whether that is food on the table, a place to sleep, a friend, the smile of a total stranger, or another day to be alive - be thankful. Our lives are so very short and if we spend it complaining or wishing we had more, we will waste away the years we could have spent in joy. Find joy in your trials, they are making you stronger. Find courage and confidence in fact that your life is more difficult than others, you are touch enough to get through this. Find strength in looking at your own life and the many trials you have overcome.

If you believe in God, or want to believe in something greater, then keep reading. No matter who you are or where you are, what you have or what you don't have, you are not alone! There is a God who loves you very much, who trusts you enough to endure the pains of life, who has given you the strength to carry on each day. I don't know why good things happen to bad people, this will never be understood. What I do know is that there is a God who loved you enough to make himself human and die for you. Jesus, God's son, died to forgive YOU of all the things you have done wrong. He thought of YOU in his last breath. YOU are loved by God. I have found in my times of weakness and difficulty that when I asked God to help get me through or give me strength, I found strength. I asked God to help me be thankful for my trials because I know they are making me stronger. Be thankful, because no matter how little you have, you have an opportunity to be loved unconditionally and forgiven in spite of everything you have done wrong.

Someone Who Loves the Unworthy

Perhaps one of my favorite poems of all time . . . 

                 Love (III)                             By George Herbert


Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back

                              Guilty of dust and sin.

But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack

                             From my first entrance in,

Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,

                             If I lacked any thing.



A guest, I answered, worthy to be here:

                             Love said, You shall be he.

I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,

                             I cannot look on thee.

Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,

                             Who made the eyes but I?



Truth Lord, but I have marred them: let my shame

                             Go where it doth deserve.

And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?

                             My dear, then I will serve.

You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat:

                             So I did sit and eat.

Love

Love is not a feeling, it is a decision. 

Moving On

Never intended for this to happen,
I took it worse than I expected.
How do you balance two opposing things,
Happiness and jealousy.
Waking up full or regret,
Wishing I could have handled it all with grace,
Instead of immense immaturity.
I am fed up with the status quo,
Ready for change, ready for adventure.
Wish my lessons did not always follow my mistakes,
Wish I could learn them before I took action.
Picking up the pieces, moving on,
Today I will be that person I want to be.

Turning Desires Into Action

On days when I wish my life was significantly different, I am 

reminded of one of my favorite quotes:

"The people who get on in this world are the people who

 get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if 

they can't find them, make them.”       

-George Bernard Shaw

There are NO excuses for sitting around and complaining 

about the present circumstances, no matter how bad they 

are. You are in control of your actions in response to the 

things life throws at you. If you are unhappy and desire 

change, actually DO something about it. You might just find 

the freedom you have been looking for. :) 

Healing

Just when you think,
There's no chance for change, 
A glimmer of hope shines through
In one simple conversation.
A feeling of joy rushes through me,
I can't stop smiling.

My prayers have already been answered,
He responded sooner than I expected.
I believe there is beauty, 
Even in the darkest places. 
Having faith in those small things,
Can move the largest mountains.

He will come through,
God will respond.
Every day I will continue to pray,
I know my prayers will be answered.
Faith and belief in the unseen,
Is what moves my God to bring healing.

Daily living

"There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. The 

other is as though everything is a miracle." 

-Einstein

Freedom

Freedom

Eyes wide open for the very first time,

Peace falls upon me like a light snow.

The box of fear to which I once belonged,

Is now broken on the floor.

I will not be bound,

I will not live in fear.

These chains that bind me,

Will soon be a part of me no more.

Adventure awaits,

Nothing to hold me back.

My options are limitless,

I decide my identity.

No more excuses,

No more lies,

Today is the day my life changes.