Life Lessons

Whether we realize it in the moment, a few days later, a few years later or never at all. We are constantly learning, and not just the curriculum at school, life lessons. Every day we encounter new situations, challenges and choices. What we make of these moments in life and the lessons they bring, defines who we are and what our life means to ourselves and others. We all grow up at some point in our lives. Some of us mature and grow up faster and some of us take a little more time. No matter where you are in your journey, there is and always will be much to learn. I am one of those who has grown up faster than most. This has given me my own set of challenges and lessons, one of which I recently encountered. As we get older and grow up, we have more opportunities to put ourselves into new situations. With that freedom of choice also comes the responsibility to remove ourselves from a situation if it becomes unhealthy or not right for us. I learned recently that striving to be the mature young woman I want to be, comes with that responsibility of taking care of yourself among everything else. No matter what happens you have to do whats right for you and your life. If you hold on to something that's unhealthy for you than your depriving yourself of the room for new fruit to grow and blossom in your life. Think of it this way, when it comes to taking care of our bodies we have the choice to eat right and exercise. When we choose to eat unhealthy and not exercise than we are depriving our bodies of the needed nutrients and the physically activity needed to improve and grow. Its the same thing in our everyday lives. If were in a situation that suddenly or overtime becomes unhealthy. It is our duty to ourselves to leave the situation, it might be hard, it might hurt. Pain doesn't last forever though and if you know in your mind its the right decision for you than you have to do it. Don't be poisoned by all the junk food but instead give yourself the necessary tools to blossom and grow. No one can hold you back from your future and your goals except you. So go after what you want and don't let anyone or anything stand in your way. As I'm learning in my life through my challenges and victories and heartbreaks as well as heart- filled moments. I hope that I can use the situations I have been given to remind all of you that you aren't alone. Whatever your going through or trying to figure out if what your doing is right, or you have no idea what to do. Your not insane even when you feel like you are. Believe me I've been there, half the time my head and my heart are pulling me polar opposite directions. I know everyone says to follow your heart, however the heart is filled with contradicting emotions that don't go away even when logic is clearly presented. So yes follow your heart but listen to your head and let your mind guide you down the road of your life. Sometimes we don't want to think, we don't want to listen to what our head is saying but trust me, God gave us a brain for a reason and ninety-nine percent of the time our mind is right even when our hearts are screaming its wrong. Take the lessons in your life and learn something from them every day. Don't let a challenge bring you down but instead use it to help you rise up. :)