So the last couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of reflecting and thinking about the first quarter of my life... I found myself at times asking "what have I learned?", "what have I accomplished?"
So I decided to share with you my thoughts, and stuff I've learned in the last 25 years!
1) how to turn "NO" into YES!!- All my life I've had people tell me I couldn't do this or do that! I turned it into a game of proving people wrong and never giving up.
2) Graduating College in 4 years isn't always realistic- I'm 25 and still in school. Oddly enough somehow I've been blessed with a "big boy" job, but I'm still in school. Might have helped to not change my major twice, but the Lord has his plan!
2) Graduating College in 4 years isn't always realistic- I'm 25 and still in school. Oddly enough somehow I've been blessed with a "big boy" job, but I'm still in school. Might have helped to not change my major twice, but the Lord has his plan!
3) Planning isn't always fool proof- most things rarely happen when you plan them. And sometimes they rarely go as planned! Did I ever expect to be working in the I.T. world behind a desk at 17? Heck no! In fact I always saw myself either in the military or in Law Enforcement, but sometimes our plan isn't THE eternal plan. Sometimes we have to let faith take the wheel.
4)Faith- There was a period in my young adult years around 22, where I simply had no faith in anything other than myself... and even that was limited. Finding faith in a higher power other than myself was the best thing I've done with my life in my recent years!
5) Never be afraid to be yourself- So I'm very big into fitness. Spotts, writing, singing, anime, Sci fi... etc. I feel like at times especially when we were young, that we were expected to fall into a certain youth social group (jocks, goths, preps, artists, hipstets, preps, etc). I've learned, and the one thing I've seen my peers learning is that dabbling in multiple different activities is more than acceptable, and more or less expected! Life on this earth is too short to be one demensional...
6) Love what you do- I think it was a Sunday school lesson I taught where I really understood this. Now honestly in the last 10 years I've had some crappy jobs, from retail slavery to horrible sales. Those jobs sucked! I can only be honest! But they didn't have to suck. I was young and didn't take time to find an aspect I enjoyed. One thing I've learned is to find an aspect about your job and love it.... I love helping people. I do tech support, handling federal and business accounts. It's not always a walk in the park, but I get to help people. I try to hold on to that.
7) Learning to serve others- I've been blessed to serve others. I've learned it's litterally like the greatest therapy ever! Going back to a break up I had earlier this year, I remember finding peace in helping others, it was through others I was able to recover myself!
8) Family first- my family is deeper than blood. There are friends I consider "extended siblings" likewise I love them and my family dearly. I've learned in my life without family, there's no point. My family has come through for me more times than I can count! I'm ever grateful for them.
9) Smell the roses- life sucks sometimes, but that's no reason to be down. Make the most of it. Our time on this earth is a blink of an eye in comparison to eternity after this life! Enjoy the time here. Make the most of it. The struggle may be real, but that's no reason to crumble under pressyre! Remember there's an eternal plan and have faith!
10) age is honestly just a statistic- so I've prob been annoying my friends and family about my groaning of turning a quarter of a century. Sorry guys! I see my Cousin Don. Well actually it's my dad's cousin, but this dude is 50 years old and is a beast in the gym, and would give me a run for my money any day! I see my sister Tiera at 20 who gives me advice I'd expect from someone twice her age! Age is honestly what you make it. I don't know how long I have left in this world, but I'm not going to waste it sitting down, I'm going to do the most and live happy. I shall stay faithful and serve when I can. I will continue to learn and grow. Growing old isn't bad, heck it's pretty awesome! So here comes 25, and to 25 more years I say bring it on!!!
The Artist-
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