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My Promised Land

In light of my future husband and children, I want them to have a wife and mother who established herself first, who didn't give up going after her dreams, who trusted God with her life and kept moving forward out of courage, who didn't settle for the easy life, but who defeated her giants and found the Promised Land on the other side. I want them to have a wife and mother who fought for her respect and dignity, who didn't give into her fears and go crawling back into her safe retreat, so that I can teach them how to do the same. The fight is not over yet. This is just the beginning; it's a journey, not a destination. This is all part of my journey, including the suffering. It takes awhile to find my place in a new city, including when I moved back home. It's when I grow a healthy social network that I start really loving my life.

What I Learned in 2014

What I Learned in 2014 having God is better than anything else we could ever want hope is what makes life worthwhile; keep hope alive, even when things look hopeless pray for what you want, but leave it in God’s hands and trust His wisdom over yours keep pressing on towards goals always do the positive action- take classes over giving up  sometimes you have to let go of people for a time, and that’s ok. find better friends. if God is not answering your prayer, surrender to him and enjoy where he has you don’t try to understand god’s plan; just trust him allow life to happen slowly; take your time; don’t rush; enjoy the slow time leave regret in the past leave success in God’s hands goals are a steady process; you can’t go from step 1 to 20. go from step 1 to 2 and be ok with the steady progress trust God’s will because our will might make us miserable you are lovable because god loves you God doesn’t have to explain anything; he doesn’t owe us an explanation. we just h