Lessons Learned….

It has been a while since I last wrote and so much has gone on in my life, both physically & spiritually. My freshman year has been a whirlwind. Everyday zooms by and now 1/4 of my college is almost complete. I feel like I have grown so much my first year of college and have learned so many valuable life lessons. I have learned a couple key things:

- life's circumstances should have no control over your happiness

- God has a perfect plan for our future all we have to do is trust him & his will

- Make sure you take time & slow down in this crazy life because moments pass way too fast and you don't want to wake up one day wondering where they all went.

- Remember what/who is important to you & keep perspective on things

-Don't judge a book by its first cover, impression, or even the first couple chapters because once you get to know people, you better understand the reasons behind what they do & can appreciate/accept them for that.

- the tough times and the stages in your life where you say, "Once i just get through this i can really start to live" is your actual life passing, so enjoy the journey.

- the key to a successful job is doing something your passionate about and you won't feel like you are working.

- wear your heart on your sleeve & love people with no stipulations

-It's easier to be you than a second rate version of someone else. When you do that people will respect you for it more and you will respect yourself.

-Those who mind don't matter & those who matter don't mind

- Take the risk & live for the moment because you don't get another shot

- If you don't have time to do it right now, when else will you have time to go back a re-do it?

- “Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow. Do you know what your doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out tomorrow? What am I doing? Your cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but your stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It's now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you, but now you'll never know. ”

-“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”
(This quote reminds me not to be afraid to try my all in volleyball, even if I fail and to not be afraid of success. As long as I try my best & never stop at just average for the sake of saving me from the pain or staying on the good side of teammates. I need to take the risks and fight the good fight because if I don't someone else will.)

- “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

- first rule: never let him change you

- Rule two: do you, to the fullest & never be ashamed to. You're just good at what they can't do & they hate that they wanna paint you any color put you in another but what they don't accept and what they don't see is the best thing is what you already be."

- you are never alone.

- despite your circumstances there are people who are worse off than you so be grateful.

- Mothers are god's gift to earth, especially mine. I took that for granted

- Family is the most important thing in your life after god and always remember that.

- Bestfriends can get you through anything & never leave no matter how far away they are.

- The best quotes come from the Bible, I need to remember that more & actually read what it has to say
since my whole life is based off of its content.

- prayer of a righteous man is powerful & take up everything you have with god. It shows that you trust him with those things.

-Try new things

-Learn from the past & invest in the future

-More people watch you than your think & you effect people and touch their lives more than you think

- It's later than you think to start to live you life how you want to. Never hesitate

- I want to leave a legacy How will they remember me? Did I choose to love? Did I point to You enough To make a mark on things? I want to leave an offering A child of mercy and grace who blessed your name unapologetically And leave that kind of legacy

- All my fountains flow from HIM.

- Reading a good book & painting your nails with some hot cocoa is the best evening.


- Greatfulness can take you a long way

- Invest in relationships of all kinds, & help people because most of the time you're the one being helped.

- God is faithful & just and has the perfect plan for our life. So boast in the sunshine and boast in the rain because both are needed on our walk with God.

- God is my rock