Next Step

I remember walking into Christian High School the very first day of freshman year. I was so unbelievably terrified. I didn’t know a single person and I just watched as friends greeted each other. I was surrounded by a buzz of chatter and laughter. For all of freshman year I was so shy. I was still socially awkward and didnt have the first clue about how to make friends. It didnt help that nearly everyone intimidated me.

The years flew by. At CHS I learned more than just the academics I studied so carefully. I also learned how to speak up, show the world who I am as an individual. I found myself at that school. But I don’t think first impressions are easily forgotten. I still am trapped in this box that I put myself in during freshman year, with little room for expansion.

At CHS, I learned who I am. I learned that friends and activities don’t define me. I had some amazing memories and I will always cherish the friendships that I had. But tomorrow, I get to walk across that stage and accept my diploma. After, I will leave that dear place for good and with it, I intend to leave my insecurities, my fears that I can’t fit in, that I’m not good enough or maybe even too good. Leaving that school tomorrow, I’m leaving behind that shy girl that walked in freshman year practically shaking with fear.

In August I get to start fresh with a blank canvas. I get to be who I want to be. I’m so looking forward to taking a step out in confidence. It will be so incredible to start fresh. No one will remember that shy girl that hardly said a word. No one will have anything to judge except what I have to offer starting right now.

All that being said, I have loved my time at Christian High. It helped me to grow both as a person and as a Christian. But my time there is done and I can’t stay a minute longer. It’s time for me to take the next step, to move forward with confidence in who I am in Christ.


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Why is it so easy to stand up when other people are being hurt, but its so hard for me to stand up for myself?


I don’t know the secret to success, but the secret to failure is trying to please everyone.
Bill Cosby (via quote-book)

Oooh… Well that’s my biggest problem…


Do you realise how devoted I am to you, all the same? There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you, dearest Honey.
Virginia Woolf in a letter to Vita Sackville-West, 16 February 1927 (via courcel)




Perfect for Me

You sit in the bathroom and you paint your toes
I sit on the bed right now and I sing you a song
It’s not always easy, but somehow our love stays strong
If I can make you happy, then this is where I belong

And I’d just like to say
I thank god that you’re here with me
And I know you too well to say that you’re perfect
But you’ll see, oh my sweet love, you’re perfect for me

I know all your secrets, and you know all of mine
You’re always here to hold me up when I’m losing my mind
I wish that I was stronger so that I had more to give
I’ll share everything I have and we’ll find a way to live

Even after all this time, nothing else I ever find
In this whole wide world can shake me like you do
Its true that something so sublime that there aren’t words yet to describe
The beauty of this life I’ve made with you

And I’d just like to say
I thank god that you’re here with me
And I know you too well to say you’re perfect
But you’ll see oh my sweet love you’re perfect for me
And I know you too well to say you’re perfect
But you’ll see of my sweet love you’re perfect
Oh my love I swear you’re perfect
Yes I promise, you’re perfect for me

“Perfect for Me” by Ron Pope


Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
Pema Chödrön (via julie911)

(via quote-book)


Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn’t people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
Rose Kennedy (via ahorton92)