I say take the risk....you wont regret trying, even if you do fall flat on your face...
most regret comes from simply not trying. even if everyone thinks you are crazy..does it really matter? when you are old and grey looking back...it wont matter what they thought of you. It will matter that you either tried, or you didnt.


Setting goals, working hard, playing hard, loving hard.
Isnt that what life is all about? 
Trusting God, believing in yourself, knowing who you are, knowing that God defines you..not people....realizing that being free is something you find in yourself. Freedom to be who you are. Letting go of the fear that love might leave..letting go of all of it. 
The people in your life right now are here. They may not stay and that's ok. But be in the moment with them...you never know when someone will change their mind, stop loving you......you just dont know...and that is ok. Knowing who you are and being confident that no matter who stays or who leaves You are You....and you matter...
If someone leaves, they weren't meant for your whole journey. Let go of the bitterness....
find out who is meant for the whole journey and fight for them...listen to your heart. You will know.
You are smarter than you think:)
I have loved and loathed this year. I hated the pain, but I loved the truth it gave me. I loved finding me in the middle of it. I honestly wouldn't change a thing. 

xoxo Kristin

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet and know as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness, and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same. -Og Mondino

We should do this everyday. Its hard, but not impossible. 
What a great way to live ...& to see the world...as well as each other.
Love is always the answer. Love never fails. Love wins.

xoxoxo

Trusting God...
A year has changed my life.
I lost a man I had loved for years.
I chose to trust God, rely fully on Him.
Believing Him when He said to "Seek me first and All these things will be added to you"
...
God gave me Shawn....God renewed my heart....He healed my wounds. They are my battle scars...the pain brought me to my knees, almost killed me...
God carried me, lifted me up. He never left me.
When I wept & slept on my bible, He was there...healing me.
I am the happiest I have been in a long time. I am in love.
My kids are in love with him too. Its all because of God......He WILL give you the desires of your heart...IF you seek Him first. Trust Him....He is constant...He is the One thing that you can rely on....
I know that I need Him to breathe....for peace that overwhelms me...once you truly taste God...its hard to walk away.
xo

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"Your love never fails, it never gives up....it never runs out on me...
Higher than the mountains that I face, stronger than the power of the grave...
constant in the trial and the change...this one thing remains...
and I never have to be afraid.
Your love never fails, it never gives up..it never runs out on me"

i loove this song! one thing remains.. this one thing you can rely on...this one thing that is constant. That one thing is God...and His undeniable, relentless, overwhelming love


xo

Tenth Avenue North - Worn (with lyrics)

This song.
"I'm tired, I'm worn
My heart is heavy...
From the work it takes to keep on breathing....
I know that You can give me rest...so I cry out with all that I have left..."
.............................
God is so good...
Sorrow lasts but for a night
Joy really does come in the morning.
I promise....

xoxo

What has God done for me? Part one.

At my darkest loneliest hour in July last year, God held me.
I spent countless days and nights on a closet floor....I didn't think the crying would ever stop.... and it did.
I lost 20 pounds in a blink and felt like my whole body was withering away.... and it didn't.
God carried me each lonely night...each time I cried, He held me.
I held onto Jesus so tight because my life literally depended on it.
What has God done for me?
He not only carried me a thousand miles to shore when I was drowning out to sea...but he covered my kids, gave me strength, held my head up when I couldn't....He sustained my business when I couldn't work.......He brought the most amazing guy into my life...He is my best friend and I truly love him...I am blessed beyond measure in a year that would have killed me....WITHOUT Jesus.
That is what God has done for me....
I am a better person...my compassion for people has escalated ...& I am overwhelmingly sensitive to others trials....
My God is my perfect husband, my perfect peace...and He will NEVER leave me. I cannot count on another person to define me, for my God is the only one who will never break my heart.
What He has done on the cross. He loved me even before I loved Him.
He chose me long before I chose Him.
Who are we if we don't love others like this? If we don't show compassion.
We all need it, we all need to give it freely....
I have a million things to work on.
But God puts no pressure on me. He loves me in my strengths and my weaknesses.
His word tells me this...

His mercy is new each morning.
Be still and He will fight for me.
He restores my soul.
He has plans for me.
His grace is sufficient for me.
His power is made perfect in my weakness.
He loves me with an everlasting love.

"And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, will restore, confirm, strengthen and establish you." - 1 Peter 5:10

THIS is my God. This is love. This is what I want and all that I need. I thank God for this trial. This trial has refined me to the core, it has restored me, it has made me more compassionate and full of grace. I now rely on Him for each.and.every.thing.
What has my God done for me in this year of death?
He has brought LIFE to me.
Overwhelming, abundant and undeniable life to me.

xoxoxo

David Gray - This Years Love

This. Song.
xoxo

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JJ Heller - Who You Are (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)

love love love!!!!
xo