Living in Peace in not the absence of trouble, it's the presence of God. What brings us to tears, will lead us to grace.  Our pain is never wasted. Letting go means you understand that the only person you can control is you. Sometimes it takes sadness to know happiness, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence.

For this new year, 2022, I’m actually not setting any goals for this year at all. I’m just clarifying the kind of person I want to be and outline what actions would express being that kind of person in different situations. The kind of person I want to be this year is happy and full of joy! Happiness is not dependent on what’s going on around me, it’s dependent on what’s going on in me. Sometimes we look at our circumstances and there’s nothing to be happy about. Have a new perspective and start seeing everyday as your best day. L.I.P.

In becoming the person I’ve always wanted to be, I am learning I must not lead by emotions any longer, but instead, lead with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Each episode of this season I will touch on those kinds of fruit. Today, I want to talk about love.

I became someone I’m not, only to suppress who I really am, and now I don’t know who I am. Every now and then I’d see pieces of myself trying to come out but never still enough to listen and I was always too afraid of what would become if I’d show the real me. That my friends, is who my husband married and now, we are no longer together.