GETTING STRONGER AND TALLER

As I reflect back on the last eight years of my life it makes me grateful to see how far I have come with the trials I have faced.  The years before those eight years were, so different so perfect and so good.  I am not the same person I was then as to what I became over the last eight years.  The trials that I have experienced have dropped me to my knees.  Took me to the brink of despair.  Times of agony, times of heartache, and times of uncertain health. Its been a journey on a hard and steep hill but this hill has taught me some valuable lessons that I wouldn't have learned if I hadn't had the trials that I have had.  It has been a slow climb and  at times I didn't think I would make it.  But guess what, though the journey is not over, I have made it this far.  Turning to my Heavenly Father for desperate help was my first step.  Communication was the key.  I had to learn to really listen, listen to not just what I wanted, but what he wanted me to do.  I had to step outside of my box and open up to different things.  Things that may have not made sense then but later would be shown to me.  I had to learn to not take myself so serious.  I had to find ways to be happy even while trials were all around me. I learned patience.   I learned that I am stronger than I use to be.  Things that would have upset me in the past, I can just let go now, let it go because some things aren't worth the tears.  Some things I can just roll with because  I have gone through worse and survived.  I don't sweat the small stuff.  I focus on what's important.  I have learned that life is not fair and that's ok.  I have learned that I can't fix everything because some things must fix themselves. I have learned that trials can cause wrinkles (and yes I earned everyone one of them).  I have learned that stress is not goof for your health that I need to take time for me and bring me back to my center.    I have learned that it takes hard work to achieve great things.  I have learned that others all around me are dealing with hard trials too and I can be there to help.  I can be there with empathy because I know their pain and they too can be there for me. So many lessons to be learned, and so many more to go.  I am holding on to what I know.  Im holding on with faith that everything will work out the way it is suppose to.  Life experiences can knock you down, but it's how tall we stand after we get back up that matters.  I am getting a little stronger and taller each day.