Our lives are not our own. We do not live for ourselves. We are all under God’s authority and He has the final say. We can accept this and accept Him and submit our lives to Him or we can do the opposite. The choice is ours but it does not come without consequence.
Nothing I go through, no one I come across is without purpose. All things come with a lesson and all things come with good. The lesson may be the only good and that is okay.
There are days when the only thing I’ll need to do is survive. Those days should be embraced; I do not need to beat myself up over them.
Life will pass me by if I let it. Do not dwell too much on the past. Make peace with it and leave it where it belongs. Do not be too eager for the future. Be hopeful for it but do not obsess over it. Live in the present moment and take it all in.
Love is a mystery. It is beautiful but has the ability to break people. It is an action word; something to be felt and experienced not just simply said. But the saying is also very important because it confirms the action. Love is scary and there are a billion reasons to avoid it but we were created for it and thus it will always find us. The more I love, the more pain I am willing to feel but the more bliss I am allowing myself to experience. Love does not have to be tragic and defined by heartache; it can be pure and good and holy.
Every material desire stems from a spiritual one.
Feelings are valid and I should always allow myself to feel them. Suppressing my feelings will do me no good. They’ll just build up and eventually erupt out of me like a volcano. It’s okay to sit in my emotions for a while. It’s ok to take my time understanding how I feel and why. Feelings, however, do not control me. There will be times when I will have to acknowledge my feelings without acting on them. This does not make me weak.
There is always improvement to be made but do not ever forget how much progress you’ve already made. Never stop growing but never stop reflecting as well.
Lack of consideration for others does not necessarily make you a bad person but it makes you a bad friend. Consideration is not about how I want to be treated but how the other person wants to be treated. What is important to one person may not be important to the other but that does not make their desires irrelevant.
Everyone will disappoint me in one way or another at one time or another. Life and relationships aren’t about finding the exceptions; they do not exist. They’re about choosing those who make the disappointments worth it; those who are worth fighting and sticking around for.
I do not have to constantly tell anyone how to treat me. They know and they do not care. And that is okay. That’s their prerogative.
Easy, slow mornings are a gift.
Life and death is in the power of the tongue. Be careful what you choose to give life to.
Waking up every morning to do something I do not love and am not passionate about is a big dub.
Death is inevitable but believing that it is also a choice gives me peace. Death comes when you’ve decided that what comes next is better than what is now. There’s a moment where you give up on this life and choose the next. I have no good reason for this belief outside of it giving me peace.
Something about putting thoughts on paper is exhilarating and freeing. Never stop writing your story.
My children should never suffer through the things I did. I am paying for the mistakes of others and it sucks and it’s painful. My decisions will impact generations to come and they will not experience the struggles I do. This is bigger and deeper than me so even when I feel like giving up, I remember that there is legacy and purpose attached to this. I’m doing it for them and that makes it worth it.
I do not have to have an opinion on everything. “I don’t know” is a valid response.
Written 01.30.2020 - 02.05.2020
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