"I can do all things will Christ that strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13
My entire life people have been telling me that I can't do something, for so many different reasons. Sometimes it was my size, sometimes they thought I just couldn't do it, and other times they just didn't want me around. No matter what the reason in the past, I always found a way to do what I wanted and what I believed in, no matter what people said. I strongly believe that if you are happy with your life, nothing else matters, it shouldn't matter what people think about you or your life decisions. That is still something that I am trying to teach myself every day, and it only gets better with slow progress.
To the people throughout my life that constantly pushed me down and told me I couldn't do something, I wanted to write to you and tell you how much I have accomplished through all of the doubt that I had to swim through to make it where I am today.
Today, I am a happy 22-year-old woman, on my way to graduating college next year to become an elementary teacher. I chose the career that I did because of how much I love children and how much I want to be able to "influence the young minds of tomorrow". I couldn't be happier in the field that I'm in and I couldn't be happier with the way my life is right now.
Obviously, I am going through hardships in my life, just like everyone else is, but I try my best not to let those tings pull me down any further than they already have. No matter what the circumstance, I need to pull myself up and do matter for myself, because I won't always have someone there to help me. There is always the possibility that no matter what I am doing, the only supporter that I am going to have is myself, so I need to be able to boost myself up and not rely on anyone else for my own strength and happiness.
Of course, there are some things that I would love to change, but I don't let those get me down, I can't. If I do, they would control my entire life and even though I chose to be happy, it would never happen, because I would have something else constantly reminding me that I can't be happy. Happiness is a choice, you just have to find it and hold on to it, no matter what people say.
There are always going to be people in your life that may not agree with what you are doing or how are you doing something, and there is no easy way to tell people that you don't need their help or advice--on certain things, but sometimes that is the most important thing to figure out.
Knowing who you are as a person and what you believe in is so important, because when people want to break you and tear you down, you will be strong enough to realize that it doesn't matter what people say or what they think about you or what you're doing, what matters is what you think and what you believe and if you are happy with what you are doing in your life.
