Lesson 12: Every day presents the opportunity for a fresh start- I set goals for myself all the time; I'm going to work out daily, read my bible daily, I'm going to eat better, I won't cuss as much. And truthfully, I fail daily. But what I've found is even if I don't make the mark today, tomorrow is a new day and I have a new opportunity to try again. Daily I'm forgiven for the things that I do. Why carry the guilt and shame from yesterday into today if you don't have to? Every day that you wake up, realize you were blessed with another opportunity for a FRESH START.

Lesson 11:  The lalst four months have been ROUGH.  I was supposed to be walking into 2015 quite differently (or so I thought).  My engagement was called off, I was in two car accidents within three weeks of each other, I was turned down for several positions I felt that I was the best candidate for.  But through it all, I learned that God's timing is PERFECT.  Everything, I've gone through was designed for a specific time and for a specific reason.  I'm looking forward to the greater that is in store for me in 2015.  Wishing you all a blessed and prosperous New Year!

Lesson 10: Choose Your Battles Wisely. Every battle isn't worth fighting. Sometimes people just know they can do things to get a reaction out of you. If you do have to go into Battle, choose your weapons/plan of attack wisely. Sometimes you can cause your own defeat because of the choices you make. Sometimes God just needs you to Be still while He does the fighting for you. Learn when you need to fight and when you don't.

Lesson 9: You can't please everybody-you're not a puppet that's on a string for the pleasure of others. You're human, you'll make mistakes. You'll make decisions that even the ones closest to you won't agree with. You won't do everything how someone else would prefer you to do it.And that's ok. If you live your life constantly conforming to everybody else's standards, wants, needs, and desires you'll never know who you truly are. Stop doing everything to make everyone else happy. You'll only end up being unhappy yourself.

Lesson 8: Stop Settling. I gave up on so many goals because I was scared; I didn't think I could accomplish them. "I'll just take the route that I know I will be able to get down the easiest." I wasted so much time in "relationships" I knew were going nowhere. Why? Because I was settling and in the end I was the one who ended up hurt and unhappy with my life. STOP SETTLING AND START LIVING LIFE TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL

Lesson 7: Forgive Yourself. So many times we put our focus on forgiving others that we don't see that we need to look in the mirror and forgive ourselves. That bad decision, the missed opportunity, the guilt, the shame...whatever it is FORGIVE YOURSELF!

Lesson 6: You can't just treat the symptoms, you've got to treat the cause of the issue- I always thought if I could stop the tears then I would be better, but what I found was that the tears were just a symptom of all the hurt and pain that I was holding in. Once I found out what was causing the tears, the anger, and all the other symptoms I was finally able to be free! It may take some digging and dealing with some things that you tried to forget but once you deal with the cause your healing will begin to take place

Lesson 5: you've got to get past the past. If you keep looking back, you'll never move forward. If you stay stuck in the past, you'll never make it to the greatness that the future holds. You'll miss the opportunity to develop great relationships and experience the fullness of life. get healing from the hurt, disappointments, unforgiveness, and discouragement of your past