Live peacefully with all men. If it is possible, as much lieth within me… I repeat over and over and over. It helps.
These are the things that changed and made me change.
Sometimes, time can be the best teacher. Stepping back can help you get closer. Sometimes being quiet is louder, and a conversation when you don’t want one will calm everything down.
A time comes when your parents don’t know what’s in your best interest. Your boyfriend or husband finishes the parenting you never got. Times where you’ll get yelled at for things you never did and you take it. The truth will come to light. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what the swine think. A time comes when you decide to save your energy and not spend it on defending yourself. You stop caring.
Eventually, you won’t cry every time. You’ll get numb to the drama and the tactics that once worked on you won’t anymore. You’ll see that you don’t have to have the last word, you don’t have to prove yourself, and you don’t have to feel bad to care. A time will come when you won’t crumble at their feet like when you were little.
Just hold on because a time will come.
Thx for reading another post and for being understanding during these summer months when I don’t have much time to put towards the blog. I’ve been swept away in a summer dream while living amid a family nightmare (more on all of it later). It’s been the best of times and the worst of times. I love how God works like that, there are always beautiful moments mixed into the bad. And I’m realizing that God doesn’t care about the goal. Your goal and dream destination of where you want your life to go doesn’t matter. It’s about how you get there, how you respond to things thrown at you on your way, and the way you react, even if you are the mistreated victim. I think God cares more about the process of you getting there than He does about your arrival. And, every horrible thing that happens to you is an opportunity for blessing. God is so good to us!
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Elaine Kate 