Happy New Year ALL! I know I haven't been on for a number of months but I'm so excited to be able to start this new year with a bang. As a lot of you know I am a Senior in High School who's six months away from graduation and turning 18. It's definitely been a crazy ride so far, no doubt at all but over the past few months I feel like I've really lost my primary goal. In all aspects, my heart has always yearned to be the best person I could strive to be. Personally stepping back and looking at it as a whole I know now that being the "best me" doesn't take a year but a lifetime. Some of us are singers, others are pastors, some dance, while some write; We're all gifted in multiple ways. If I told you to become the best you this year I would be ignoring the fact that being a better individual doesn't only include donating a certain amount of money, losing weight, or having patience. Being a better you starts with recognizing how beautiful you are already. Loving yourself means listening to God even when it's the hardest. It's following your gut and putting God before any loved one. If you believe that Jesus has a plan for your life then don't settle for anything less than you deserve. If you understand that life isn't always about trying to find your "other half" but more about how, if you improve yourself to be who you want to be then God will provide the rest. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone knows what it's like to fight with their family or their friends. I ask, has it always been about finding someone else for your life? Or has it always been about fighting an addiction or a bad habit? And if it has, ask yourself what makes your life worth living and go from there. Pray for strength to fight the unwanted and fight for what God wants for your life-What you want for your life. If you always live to make others happy, if you forget who you are, then what's the point of the gifts that God has provided for your life? Subsequently we all go through hardships, we all try to be people we aren't but we all know how to dream and if you know how to dream, you have everything. So this year don't be taken down by the judgments of others, don't be held down trying to impress someone else, don't allow your past to determine your future- go out there and love and get hurt and listen and party and never ever give up because truth is, God doesn't give up on his children even when our biggest mistakes seem to define who we are to this world- He wants the best for our lives always. All in all, he loves.
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