I feel as though I am looking out the window of a train and I simply see shapes and outlines. I know what I am looking at because I see them everywhere, but I don't know them by name. My life is just going by a million miles in minute...
So many have been asking how am I doing, and here is what I have to say about that!
I have been here for 5 months now, and this place is really starting to grow on me. I don't think I will ever call it home, but I am definitely enjoying the experience. With that being said, I have had my ups and downs. The last few weeks have been very hard. I miss my friends deeply!
I miss everyone back home very much. My friends are irreplaceable. I may not be able to talk to you everyday, but that doesn't mean I am not thinking about you. As time goes on, I am starting to form very special relationships here and I am so thankful for them.
I am also learning that God puts people and friends in your life for a reason, a season and sometimes a lifetime.
Some of my friends have been placed in my life for a reason, to help guide me, share with me, encourage me, with difficult situations and when their time is up, they are off. This may be because they walk on or they force you to take a stand. What I have come to realize is that their job is done. God placed them in my life for a purpose and when that purpose is fulfilled, their work is done and its time to move on.
There have been some that have come into my life for a season. These friends have shared experiences with me, laughed with me, cried with me and grew with me. I wouldn't have been able to grow had you not invested, shared, and walked with me. But there comes a time when the winds shift and the tides change and the compass is pointing you into another journey.
Lastly, I have friends who will share the rest of our lives together. They will walk alongside me, through the ups and downs. They see me at my best, and they see me at my worst but they choose to hang on. When they see me slipping up, they love me and walk with me through it. They are gracious and compassionate. They are slow to anger and they love me deeply!!
Because of all of you, I am a better person today than I was yesterday and I will be a better person tomorrow than I am today!
Loved your blog. It's refreshing to hear someone so optimistic, when facing a rollercoaster of changes.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't known each other for very long, roughly 2-3 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. In this short time, I've realized that you're a genuine and openminded individual.
I'll never be able to achieve the energy and the cheerfulness that you exude every time I see you. I could try, but all of my energy will be drained within 5 minutes, and then I'll need a nap.
I'm glad to have met you, and I'm looking forward to our growing friendship, although still in it's infant stages.
And you are home, you just don't know it yet.