…The more I thought about it, the more I realized that hope is what keeps everything else alive. Without hope, peace slowly slips away. Faith becomes harder to hold on to. Joy becomes more difficult to find. Even love can struggle when there is no hope left. Hope doesn’t just help us survive…
… I’ve published my first book!…
…What I do know for sure is that I am very glad that I started this blog. Writing has helped me in more ways than I could ever explain. There is something about putting everything down “on paper” that helps to clear the mind…
…the truth is, “if only” is not just a phrase, it is a burden. One that grows heavier the longer you carry it.
I have never liked saying, “If only I had…”
…Maybe the right time is not about fate versus effort. Maybe it is about preparation meeting purpose. And maybe the reason we sometimes fail to notice is that we are too busy surviving the waiting season to recognize that it is shaping us for the arrival season…
…There was a time when life felt… easy, ridiculously easy. Not because there were no challenges, but because the weight of the world was not yet ours to carry…