Thoughts On My Journey!

I have been thinking a lot lately about how much I feel like I have learned from graduating college, moving and getting married. There are many stops on this journey and I think that you get a little smarter along the way. A lot of times this is due to storms you go through, people you meet, new opportunities, and just a basic life lesson.

Two years ago when David and I just got engaged we went out to dinner with a couple. Sometimes when I have conversations I can barely tell you the topic we discussed but this conversation I remember like yesterday. We were discussing future plans, the exciting wedding buzz, and having role models in place to follow. As I was listening to a story that they were telling about a couple they had hung out with and saw as a role models, I began to get excited. I wanted to be able to have a couple that David and I could watch and see how they handled situations, grew together, and raised kids. I love to learn by the example of others and was looking forward to see what we could do to better our marriage and relationship in the process. After watching how they dealt with people & situations more and more I realized that I didn't want to be anything like them. I wanted my witness and my example to be of someone who can talk the talk and walk the walk. I know I'm a very blunt person but I'm not someone who is one way in one situation and one way in another. I'm going to be the same person at the ballgame as I am at work and I'm going to be the same person at church as I am at the grocery store.

I know I'm not perfect, nor to I claim to be even close, but I am learning a lot about the person that I want to be through my current journey. I'm also learning that nothing in this world is as simple, pure, & perfect as I imagined as a child, teen, or naive adult.

Some things I'm learning are:

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  Character is easier to keep in place, than recover


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  Age doesn't always bring maturity


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  You Word is the only thing you can stand on and once that is gone, so are the people who look up to you


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  People might not treat you the right way no matter what position you or they are in


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  Some people will never change, and no matter how you try to help it's not your job or responsibility

I feel like I'm in a journey right now of learning more about myself and how to handle different situations. I know that God won't give me more than I can handle but sometimes I wish that I could hold up a sign that says.... Handling what you have given me to handle, come back in 30 days! :)