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Struggle to Strength

I came across this quote yesterday on pinterest. I read it and I can totally say that for myself. With all of the struggles that God has put in my life, I have found all the strength that he has given me. 

Rejoice and Be Patient

Someone close to me told me to take each day how it is. If it is a bad day because you don't feel well, then rest and don't let it effect tomorrow. If today is a great day, then live the day to it's fullest. These words have helped me so much in the past week. 

Then someone else who I have been getting closer with sent me this bible verse. 

To me, I feel like these are important things to think about. When you are having a bad day, think about the verse and take each day how it is. If you are having a blessed day, then think of the same thing! 

Success Quote

Each day there is some type of goal that you try to achieve. For me, it is trying to get stronger and increase my endurance. These goals are not easy to achieve but I am not giving up and I don't plan to. Here is the quote that will help me for today and forever.

Let Life Be

My sister chose today's quote and I love it. Here it is: 

Trying not to control everything in your life is tough. All you can do though is pray, relax and let go, and have faith that what God has planned for you will happen.

Abundant Blessings

Today has been an amazing day. Everybody made my birthday so incredibly special. I started off with waking up to presents... one of them being a chromebook (this is my first blog post using it hehehe). Following that my mom took me out to a delicious breakfast. The waitress brought me a scoop of delicious ice cream... who said you can't have ice cream for breakfast?!... and she and practically everyone in the restaurant sang me happy birthday. I must admit I got a little red because I did not expect all of that. After, we went shopping and I got some super cute clothes. Normally I do not like to shop but we were not there long so it was perfect. Then we headed to the charter theater near our house and saw The Other Woman. OH MY we got some good laughs! Such a funny movie, would not mind owning that one. Once that was over we went home and relaxed before we met some of my wonderful friends and family at The Old Spaghetti Factory. I had only been to one once before but it was in another state 4 years ago, so I was really excited to go. It was very yummy! I had a lot fun with everyone... there was 15 of us. My grandma made and brought me a cake and people brought me awesome gifts that I love. Also, throughout the day I would get birthday texts and messages on Facebook from friends and family that were unable to celebrate my birthday with me in person. All of this made me feel so loved, special, and extremely blessed. I have such wonderful people in my life and I am so grateful. 

So here is what I picked for today-

Here is a picture of one of my best friends and me from tonight-

Me      &     Jamie

Appreciate Everything

Today I have been pre-celebrating my 17th birthday. Started the day with cousin time while we went whale watching. It ended with a nice dinner with my mom. I am so greatful for the wonderful family that I have. There is so much in the world that I appreciate but there also many things I don't even know I am not appreciating. After seeing all the beauty in the world today, I am going to try to appreciate everything.

Unfolding of Your Wings

Tonight I went to Farrells Ice Cream Parlor for the first time for dinner. We went for my early 17th birthday celebration. The person I went with gave me an amazing present. It was the children's book Everything I Need to Know I learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow. I love it because it tells you many things to help you in your life. I know I know it sounds crazy but I'm serious! This book is perfect for everyone of all ages. When I am having a bad day I am going to be able to randomly pick a page to help me. At the end of the book my friend wrote me a letter. She included a quote from C Joybell C.

This quote can be applied to so many different situations for people. For me, I am applying it to my life going through my illness. 

God's Plan

God is great. I feel like this verse says enough for today.

The Courage to Let Go

Yesterday I was supposed to get a heart monitor put on for the next month but didn't due to them not having the equipment! We went there and everything... it was all quite frustrating. What made it all worse though is not feeling well at all. I was super sleeping, my muscles hurt, my vision was going blurry, and my chest was feeling funny. Then I read this quote:

I read it and thought that there is nothing I can do besides let go of all the frustration. So I did. After doing so, I felt stronger. Maybe not physically but mentally. I know that I can't change what is going on with me. I also know that God wouldn't give me anything I can't handle. Now, I am going to try my best to have courage getting through this journey and trust the Lord. 

Breath of Life

Today I was searching for a quote that would fit for my day and life but I just couldn't find one that I liked. Later my sister  sent me this one. 

 

After reading this I thought how amazing it is. We keep all the stress, chaos, and heartache in our life bottled up inside of instead of letting it out. Does it help you?... I know it definitely doesn't help me. There is so much more in life to breathe in like love, joy, and peace. For some reason we let all the negative in our life take over all the good. So now when I think of a breath I think of letting out all the bad and inviting all the good in. Try it, hopefully it will help you on a chaotic day.

The Richness in Life

Hey everyone! Sorry about skipping "Take a Second" yesterday. It was my grandma's 80th birthday and we joined her and some of my other family at a nail salon. My grandma's sister and niece- whom live out of state- surprised her with a visit. It was really nice to be able to visit with them. Later, I got to spend some quality time with my second cousin. We realized that we have quite a bit in common :) After having nice family time yesterday I came to the conclusion that family is the most important thing in my life and always will be. Let me just say that I do NOT have a small family, so there is a lot of family to fill my life. I was having a hard time finding a quote for today until I remembered how much I feel blessed to have such a wonderful family. That then made me think of how much I value them. So here is today's quote: 

 I love this. I hope you guys do too.

Strength

For today's "Take a Second" I am continuing from yesterday's quote, but with a little difference. Throughout your life you go through different struggles and each one requires you to have strength to get through it. The thing is, strength is very hard to have when you keep getting pushed down. So here is today's quote:

 While reading this I thought to myself how true it must be. I have gone through more struggles than I would like. Without learning and getting through the past struggles I probably wouldn't have been able to get through the ones following. So I am trying to think that I will get stronger from each struggle instead of feeling like it is only making me weaker... it is a lot easier said than done though.

Life and Loss

Last night my mom told me that my orthodontist died. He was a really nice guy who was very knowledgeable. So to think now that I will never see this person that I saw pretty much every week for about five months now was gone is sad. At first it just sounded really weird and as the night went on it became real for me. The orthodontist office is really close to my house so we drive by it quite often. We drove by it three times last night and each time made me have a strange feeling.
After hearing and thinking about life and death made me realize that you never know how much time you have. Also, you are put through many trials throughout your life and yes they may be hard but each one adds to your life. Today's quote is about life. I feel like this is something great to always think about, even on the hardest of days.

End of the School Year

It is the end of this school year for many students right now. Today, I went to my little cousin's promotion to high school ceremony. It was very nice... and not too long. LOL. To hear all the positive speeches from some of the students was very inspiring. These student went through probably some of the cruelest years of their student lives and yet they still had good things to say. School is hard. Not just because of trying to get good grades but because you have to put up with so much drama with other kids. I have to say that I will not forget some of the awful things that happened in junior high. After seeing all the students today celebrating their achievement made me realize that this is just a little part of our journey to our dreams. So today's quote is about how you dream big and don't give up no matter what because you will still go somewhere great.

Family Quote

For the past couple of months my sister and I have been doing a quote of the day. We find them mostly on pinterest and apply the quote in our life for the day. It seems to be helping us each day for things that are going on in our life. So I want you guys to be able to experience these helpful quotes too. I thought today would be a great day for a family quote. Yesterday was father's day and many of us celebrated our fathers or father figures in our life. Something I've noticed is that we don't always appreciate everyone in our family everyday, instead we just think of someone a certain day. Here is the quote my sister and I have been reminding ourselves about today.