An Overdue Post: Ekang’s List of Things to Remember Before 2010 Ends.
Forgive yourself. Accept that you once let someone tear down the wall that you oh-so-carefully built around you for so many years and made yourself open to pain. Accept your human weakness nature of wanting, needing, yearning, to be loved and that when an opportunity presented itself for it to finally happen, you gave in and gave all you had. Accept that the past would have turned out better if you knew better but you didn’t and there’s nothing you can do except learn from it. Accept that you listened to your heart instead of your head, accept that you held on longer than you should, accept that you begged, accept that you almost settled for less than what you wanted and, most of all, accept that you loved. Forgive yourself, for all you did was love.
You are beautiful. Every single cell in your anatomy is beautiful. You are worthy of the best of everything life can offer. Just because you’ve already been rejected and replaced doesn’t mean you won’t be accepted again. Always be true to who you are no matter what others say or how others make you feel. Never let anything or anyone silence you or keep you from letting your light shine. God made you, fearfully and wonderfully, and you’ll always be the song in His heart. You are beautiful precisely because He made you, you.
Be thankful for 2010. It made you stronger than you ever thought you could be. It may be a year you wish you could forget but the time will come when you’ll be grateful that you remember. Remember the bountiful life lessons this year has taught you. Remember the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the sorrow and the joy. Remember the heartbreak and be thankful, for to be broken is to be blessed, and to be blessed is to have the power to bless the rest of the world.
Let go of the past and don’t be afraid of the future. The best year of your life is about to begin. Pray for it, claim it, believe it, see it, work on it and live it. Be excited and hopeful for what each new day can bring and what you can contribute to the lives of the people around you. Take chances, climb mountains, love others, jump off of cliffs, love some more and fly. Make the most of everything that life throws at you and just enjoy the journey. You’re on the threshold of something amazing. Don’t ever be afraid, for God is with you every single step of the way.
TO 2011 AND BEYOOOOOOOND!!! :D
