Self Affirming: actively validating your own worth values and identity. I've placed my identity in my appearance for as long as I can remember. Honestly it's still something I struggle with today. I didn't grow up seeing what a true relationship with God looked like. My mom believes in Jesus and she always told me to pray and keep my trust and faith in Him so that's all I knew. As I got older I came to know God for myself. He started to come into my life little by little thro

There is so much to learn when it comes to patience discipline and self control. I am personally still in the process of learning how to build discipline but patience and self control I can say I now have. I've learned that they are all intricately connected. I'm starting to think that you can't have one without the other. I believe it took some discipline for me to gain patience and self control. It is also taking patience for me to build discipline. I say that because build

This topic hits home for me because I've been on a rollercoaster ride in regards to this area of my life. One moment I appreciate so much where I am in life then the next I am hurt about my situation. The crazy part is I'm so grateful for the blessings in my life but I hate not being able to do more. It bothers me so much to be going at the paste that I am going but I know that I won't be in this position forever. I also know that I am building something that is going to last

If I'm being completely honest I have been out of routine for weeks now. I haven't applied myself in any way shape or form. I guess you could say I've been in rest mode for a while now. Although I've been resting I've been feeling this pull to get back to it. I feel guilty for it though like I'm doing something wrong. I know that rest is apart of the process but for some reason this rest doesn't feel like resting. I know at some point I have to get back in routine and I'm dre