What I’ve learned this Year:

We’re always learning, and in a year a lot can happen. Here are some of my earth shattering moments of epiphany.

To love without expecting love in return.
How to trust in both myself and God.
Everything is exactly how it needs to be at this moment.
Friendships aren’t always meant to last forever, but they should all have a good lasting effect or they weren’t with the right people.
That I don’t always have to be in a rush for good things to come.
How to fully forgive.
That sometimes you have to fix your own bad habits in order to fix others.
If you’re asked to do a favor for someone you love and you can do it, even if you really don’t want to, do it. There is no greater act of love than giving.
You cannot control your emotions, but you can keep them from controlling you.
I can make a mean butter cream icing without a recipe at hand.
You can reach out to someone you haven’t spoken to in months. It won’t be that strange in action. Sometimes it brings hearts back together.
I’m my mother through and through, just with different quirks and hobbies. She’s my mirror, and I’ll never be able to repay her for raising me that way.
That my talents aren’t things that I should be undermining, but rather things I should make explosive.
Everyone has something that gets their soul going, and as long as it’s not evil, those passions are the ones that often make us fall in love with them as humans.
Read instead of getting on social media, even if it’s just once or twice a week. It drastically changes your life.
How to spill my soul out on the table and not be embarrassed by the mess I made.