Listening to my own advice...

"It's never too late to be who you might have been" ~ George Eliot

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it". ~ Charles R. Swindoll

“One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”

“Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.” ~ Stacey Charter

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ~ Albert Einstein

These quotes are on my facebook page, and I believe every single one of them. But, sometimes it's hard to take your own advice. I'm a worrier by nature. I plan ahead, I prepare, I imagine, I envision, I mentally rehearse. Part of this is because I don't want to look foolish, part of it is so I make sure I cover all my bases, and part of it is because of the circumstances I've found myself in the past couple of years, always having a contingency plan. Slowly, (very slowly apparently) I'm learning to take each moment, each day for what it's worth and trying to make the most of it. I'm still far from learning this lesson (because God keeps putting me in situations to exercise the character trait of patience). Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy I've learned, Trasparency I was born with, Patience is a lesson I'm still learning.

Psalm 37: 1-7
1 Don’t worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.
2 For like grass, they soon fade away.
Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

3 Trust in the Lord and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.

5 Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.
6 He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

7 Be still in the presence of the Lord,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don’t worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.