happy july 2 everyone!

so everyday i walk around talking to myself in my head. 

i see things like the clouds or something interesting happens on the bus ride to school or wherever, or i see a homeless person and i start to think about their life, and what lead them to the place they are in right now. 

i have realized a lot lately about my life, and one huge thing i have realized is that i love to write but not only that, i love to share with people that things that impact me in a way that maybe hasn't impacted them and perhaps my looking at things in a different way will impact people. 

so anyway, i am reading this book called "to own a dragon" by donald miller. 

it's all about how donald grew up without a father and to process of him learning how to be a man and learning that God really is our father. 

it's a very interesting read, especially because i'm a lady. but there are really key points that i have been learning (and through this book, i think it is helping me figure out what i should look for in a man that i would want to marry).

i am on chapter 8 right now and i'll just share what i have learned in this chapter. 

he talks about things that he did that he thought were horrible and destoryed his life, like spilling paint on the new livingroom carpet or stepping on his first girlfriend's turtle. then goes on to say how silly it was that when he was little he thought those things destroyed his life (i thought about all the times in my life that happened and laughed to myself while i read this)

but then he goes on to say, "you get to thinking about the girl(guy) who rejected you, the job you got fired from, the test(or class in my life ha) you failed, and you lose sight of the big picture--the fact that life has a beautiful way of remaking itself every few weeks." 

this is amazing. it helps me out a lot because there are tons of things that have been weighing down on me for the past couple months and life really is like that, more then life, it's God who is like that. he renews us and helps us to walk in his way, and everything we go through is just to make us stronger. i am so grateful for the renewal i've had in my life the past month or so. everyday is bearable because of God.