Debut

Today is the beginning of something new.

New life.

New vision.

New joy.

And I'm excited about it. I'm leaving everything else behind today. It's the past and it's beautiful and sacred because it got me to this departure. But it is the past and only a shadow. Life is in the moments now and future.

Today I am determined to create a new life. To build something of my own. To get to know myself more deeply.

I'm starting with a day on the town with my sister. I have been sick all week and am not at school today. So resting will include shopping, hot tea, soup, lots of kleenex and some cough drops. But it will be wonderful!

Life's Lesson: I've been learning a lot about what it means to love yourself. This is something I have struggled with my entire life. I have told myself or been told that I am not enough and too flawed to be loved enduringly, so that I, at 24 years, now believe it. But it's not true. I have value. I am a daughter of God. He loves me. My Saviour lived and died for me. I will see that value and change this negative perspective. I will love myself. In doing so I will have a greater capacity to love others. That makes me excited! I'm excited to learn greater selflessness, greater humility and greater inspiration by loving myself and honouring my Heavenly Father in so doing. That is all I want and need in life. To love others. To feed His sheep.