LIFE IN PROGRESS | 44 THINGS I’VE LEARNED…
Today I turned 44
This marks a new milestone and a new season to my life. I would be lying if I said I don’t feel a little different. I can count some gray hairs and a few fine lines but I know that who I am now is the sum of my life experiences. Leading up to my 44th Birthday I’ve taken some time to reflect on my forty + years, and I’d like to share with you a list of the life lessons I’ve learned along the way.
44 Things I’ve learned in my life journey…
1. Love on myself more
2. The word “No” is not a bad word
3. Every battle is not yours
4. Marriage is give and take
5. Wifelife doesn’t come with a manual
6. Do your best; perfection doesn’t exists
7. When things feel like they’re getting too much in life, stop, sit down and take time out
8. A Mothers Love is lifetime
9. People enter your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime
10. We all evolve individually
11. Be the change you want to see in your life
12. Don’t clutter your life with negative things
13. Stay in your own lane; don’t keep up with the joneses
14. Laughter really is one of life’s best medicines
15. Plan, Plan, Plan; save for a rainy day
16. Live in the now; don’t be consumed about tomorrow
17. Celebrate your milestones throughout life
18. Those that start with you will not end with you
19. I don’t believe I would be WHO i AM today if not WERE’NT for God’s compassionate AND gentle love for me.
20. Compassion for other begins with compassion for sel
21. Don’t spend to much time in dead places
22. Don’t rush through life
23. What so ever you sow you will reap…love, peace..
24. keep an open mind to grow and evolve
25. They broke bread with you and still turned and left
26. Don’t make the next person pay for what the last person did
27. I’m grateful for all of the shut doors and the “No’s”
28. Don’t be so hard on yourself
29. Being a mother is such a rewarding role
30. The best thing in life is…laughs, hugs and family
31. Learning when to pause, relax and reset
32. No one can make make you happier than yourself
33. Life hurts sometimes
34. Life is full of joy and happiness sometimes
35. Embrace the pain and the joy in life. They both matter—equally
36. ForgiveNESS IS FOR ME
37. It’s okay to walk away from someone or something—even after forgiveness
38. Be proud of failures—because it means we tried
39. Life is full of experiences; good and bad
40. Saying “I love you” doesn’t have to be said with words-BUT with actions also
LAST 4…
41. Life isn’t always fair
42. I will not be good at everything and I won’t always win.
43. Your gut is always right
44. Never ever be ashamed of your story
CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR OF LIVING LIFE IN STYLE, IN FAITH AND ON PURPOSE