Reflecting

Tonight I looked back into this past year.. I feel as though my life did a whole three sixty and what an amazing change it has been. Almost exactly a year ago I found myself falling into a black hole. I was in a relationship that I knew was not going to work out and yet I still stayed in it. I was filled with loneliness and was not living the life I wanted to or becoming the person I wanted to be. Ever since I made a change, my life has turned right side up. I've gone fom having no friends by my side to finally having the most amazing friends anyone could ask for. I have a wonderful job, payed off my student loan, moved into a beautful new home and am finally becoming the person I want to be. I used to not know who I was and now every day I'm learning new things about myself. I'm finding beauty in the smallest things and am now realizing how much of that beauty is all around me.

On my twenty first birthday a few months ago, I told myself that I was going to make sure that this is one of the best years of my life. And so far it has been. I'm a whole new person and I love it. What a great experience the last couple years of my life were though.. I would never take those years back. It made me into the person I am today and really made me grow as a woman. I'm trying to stay positive in everything I do and hope to gain more confidence as time goes on. There's one thing I do know and that is it feels wonderful to be alive, be passionate and most importantly...be happy!

The way to happiness: keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry.

Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love.

Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others.

Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

-Norman Vincent Peale