Twenty Things for Twenty Years

 

  Two decades. They really do not take up that much time. My entire life-span fits in twenty years, and I have not lived very long. So here are twenty things I have learned over the past twenty years and in no particular order.

1. God is good. That does seem incredibly cliché, but it is true. In the past years I have seen much of both bad and good, and I can say without a doubt, God is always good.

2. Nothing worth having ever comes easy.

3. Exercise makes you feel confident, strong, and alive.

4. Not everyone will be your best friend, and you should not be friends with everyone.

5. Human beings crave love.

6. Everyone is once in a lifetime.

7. Laziness does not get you anywhere.

8. Obedience is worth the trouble.

9. Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

10. The world is a beautiful place.

11. Coffee is the Elixir of Life .

12. Sibling are simultaneously the most terrible and wonderful human beings.

13. It is a good thing to play in the ocean.

14. Climbing mountains is rewarding.

15. Whole worlds dwell between the covers of books.

16. The best fiction drips truth.

17. There is truth.

18. We can pick our own theme song.

19. Nothing can separate us from the love of God.

20. While I may make a mess of myself, there is a Beautiful Savior who makes me new in spite of myself.