List 27: Lessons Learned
- Relax.
- No matter how I try to plan, I’m not in control.
- Being single is not a punishment or merely a waiting period.
- You can’t actually read all of the assigned pages in grad school.
- Life is not about getting everything right; it’s about making it through and praising God.
- Friendship takes different forms. Not all friends are lifelong, close-as-sisters friends, and that is ok.
- If you want to be happy, start by being thankful.
- I’m brought into God’s family not because of anything I can or should do, not conditionally, but solely because of what Jesus did.
- I will make mistakes, and it would be horrible if I didn’t.
- Moms are – somehow – inexhaustible treasuries of encouragement. I think it’s a gift of God.
- Being tired is not the worst thing.