![]() I can't tell you how much this might mean to her to know that someone is rooting for her. I encourage you all, if you know of a young lady around this age, reach out to her. Follow your dreams and let God lead you the way! Be Brave, stand up for yourself, believe in yourself and don't listen to others. ![]() Follow the dreams God puts in your heart! He will make a way! Don't let others dash them!! GOD has created me just the way I am and He wouldn't change a thing! I would also tell me that my worth and value is found in God and not some guy that's paying attention to me for a few days.then I remind myself of that at 17. I would tell myself that I AM God's daughter and that's all that matters. You never know what someone else is going through and how much a simple smile or hug of acceptance can impact them forever. Don't be afraid to love people. Let her teach you and let love override your perception. Your mother is the most beautiful, amazing, thoughtful and strong woman. What is in their hearts doesn't have to be in yours. Don't take to heart the hurtful things others say to or about you to heart. Know who you belong to and the value God places on you! You are worth waiting for! You don't need drugs and alcohol to have fun! I asked this same question on a Facebook group that I help lead and these were a few of the comments I got: ![]() Having someone I could trust to share things with besides just my friends who were going through the same junk as me, could've really prevented some feelings and mistakes I made along the way through my adolescence. ![]() My parents were and are great, but so many times I didn't feel free to ask them the questions I needed to ask. To have someone who would speak life into me, value and help me find my true identity as a daughter of the King. I would've loved to have a had an event for girls my age to just be together in a safe and open environment where I could ask a mentor that I trusted, questions about God, friendships and boys. In the church I grew up in, youth groups or youth events were not happening. You are a good friend and people like you." Gosh, this would've been huge for me. You're beautiful just the way I made you. Not only that, I would love to go back and listen to what God was telling me at this time. Instead, I went through friend fights, name callings, multiple trips to the counselor's office and even suspension from school all because I was trying to fit in. Now that I'm older I look back and think, why did you do that? Your love for the western world made you unique among your peers, it's so enduring and I'm sure if I would have displayed my passion for it, I would've been ostracized by some, but I would've found out who my true friends were. When I was at a rodeo I was "me," when I was at school, I was someone else. I was a totally different girl at school than what I was at the rodeo on the weekends. I started dressing like them, acting like them, talking like them. They were used to "hanging out" on Friday and Saturday nights, which was totally not the norm for me, but I really wanted to fit into the cool kids group at school. School was a different story, I had no "rodeo friends" at my school, most of the kids thought it was weird that I was into horses and rodeo. We were in competition together but that never got in the way of our close friendships. ![]() When I went to rodeos I had a core group of friends who supported me, laughed with me and lifted me up. If I could go back and talk to myself when I was around 13 years old, what would I say to me? This was a time in my life that I was heavily involved in rodeo. ![]()
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