HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME...

33 Things I've Learned

1. God's love is infinite and unconditional


2. You can't make someone love you...With people, love is a choice and an exercise in free will


3. When someone offers to show you who they truely are, believe them!


4. Getting your heart broken has been equivalent to the pain of experiencing the loss of a life


5. No one will ever replace your parents...and no one should


6. Feelings change...therefore your emotions shouldn't rule your life


7. Everybody needs therapy in one form or another


8. You cannot grow in isolation


9. The deepest wounds can be repaired with time, love, patience and communication


10. Absence makes the heart grow fonder...or more distant


11. The greatest obstacles we often face are the ones we create for ourselves


12. Getting out of your own way requires an honest talk with yourself, reconciling between your heart, your mind and your emotions


13. You CAN change the world one heart at a time


14. Favor aint always fair


15. Faith and obedience are the greatest tools in the shed


16. When you're surrounded by darkness, pray and fast until you see the light


17. I don't have to control everything...when things are beyond MY control, embrace change


18. You dont have to simply love the one you're with, you must love yourself completely FIRST


19. I will be "under construction" and "a work in progress" for the rest of my natural life


20. It's ok to just be...it's ok to just be ME


21. No matter how much weight I lose or gain, my heart still weighs the same


22. Time really does heal!


23. You can't pick your family, but you can choose when you want to deal with them!


24. My best friends are the dopest people I know


25. Laughter is so good for soul


26. Not everyone is capable of looking in the mirror, asking the hard questions and accepting the truths they find about themselves


27. It's a lot easier to let go then to make an investment and do the work!


28. Sometimes it's just less complicated to not say anything at all


29. There's always tomorrow


30. Fear and faith cannot occupy the same space!


31. Maintaning a healthy lifestyle requires dedication, obedience and sacrifice each and every day


32. To simply live life in expectancy!


33. Jesus died so we could live life to the fullest...this IS my year!