Journal Entry 1: 9/5/24

As I sit down to write today, I look back on all that’s happened. All that I have been through. I think about the good times sure, but honestly I think we all think a little more about the “bad” ones. The ones where we would have done anything to be out of . The times where we thought life couldn’t get any worse. But what I think about more than that is how even though I would have traded anything to change my position then, it is exactly what I needed to get to where I am today.

Life works in mysterious ways like that. I remember a time in my life where it felt like I had lost everyone I cared about. I felt so alone - but now I realize, if losing those people is what I needed to gain what I have today…there’s not a single thing I would change about those times.

Bad things so happen to good people. It is a sad reality we live, and a reality we will all experience throughout our lives - but the truth is that we need these times. Not only to learn, to grow, to experience, but to learn. These bad times, situations, and experiences teach us to appreciate what we have now.

If you read this, I Thank You. I leave you with this - look around at who you have close to you - look around at what you have to be thankful for. It won’t last forever, learn from those fleeting times and appreciate who, what, are when is right in front of you at THIS time.

Text someone, call someone. Tell them you Love them, tell them you are thankful for them. Some people need it more than you know - YOU need it more than you know.