Those who you voluntarily spend time with are the ones who influence you the most. 

Make sure they are the type of people you aspire to be. 

Be careful of those who assume and judge and are quick to anger and get offended before they ask questions, before they seek to understand.

Those who attack first are living in a constant state of fear, which is the opposite of love. 

Sour stays sour. 

Bitter stays bitter. 

Unless you change the foundational structure of the ingredients, the results are always the same. 

That is why changing your mindset to one of gratitude and of forgiveness and of trust and of kindness and of hope and of growth is key to restructuring your life. 

The path forward is never completely known. But, if you can see around the corner, step into the darkness, walk a little bit into the unknown, more and more of the path becomes clear, which allows to keep going, to keep growing. 

Keeping track of all you have accomplished gives you the fuel to keep going. 

Bitterness is one way we deny ourselves the ability to heal by avoiding emotions. When the pain and missed expectations surpass our ability to cope, we rely on bitterness to numb our feelings. Once we know we are bitter, the remedy is to lean into why we are bitter and choose the opposite. 

Sometimes, the most devastating sabotage comes from the nicest people. 

Niceness does not equal kindness. 

If you don’t know them,

you can’t lead them. 

We don’t find our purpose, we create it. 

Everyday, through our thoughts, choices, and actions we live our purpose. 

Rest heals. 

Resting from our internal struggles allows our emotions to heal. 

Resting from our self-inflicted shame allows our hearts to heal. 

Resting from our physical labors allows our bodies to heal. 

Resting from outside noise allows our minds to heal. 

The Lord and Savior is where we can find all the rest we need.