Today, I found myself in a difficult situation. In the past, I would have panicked about it and not known what to do, but today when the situation came up, I just tried my best and did what I could. I found out that even though I was in a difficult situation, it wasn’t the end of the world. The best part was that I found out that even if everything falls apart, I can figure out solutions to problems and keep going.
When I was younger, my parents often had me thinking that everything was black and white. It either had to be right or wrong. It either had to be great or it was a disaster. My life was either perfect or it was ruined forever. I have found that life exists in the gray areas. There really isn’t right or wrong, black or white, or any of the extremes at all. God has taught me that in the last few years. He exists beyond all of that. My life can be whatever I want it to be, and I don’t need to let values and expectations color anything of who or what I am. God simply is and every day for the rest of my life, I will try to live just as I am. It will be a struggle, but life is worth that struggle. Confidence, love, and self-acceptance are worth that struggle.
My faith saved me. My God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
