My friend Sarah has amazing knowledge of the things of life in the relationship department and I thought I'd share it with all of you.

Wow, it's been a while since I've "blogged." haha. I just wanted to
profess some obvious but important nonetheless things I've learned in
the past few weeks. It makes me feel good to have learned it from
experience because I appreciate it more and I know that goes back to
good ol' God. He makes you learn lessons the hard way but when you
learn them you never forget them and you gain an appreciation for it
you'll never take it back.

1. Love is not perfect nor flawless, and if it wasn't it would be
boring and there would be no growth or expansion to the feelings you
have.

2. You must first truly love yourself first before letting anyone else
in your heart. If you don't love yourself, how is it possible to love
someone else?

3. Cell phones should not be a tumor that grows off the side of your
body - and you're letting life slide by everytime you look down at that
text instead of enjoying time with your family and friends. (Note to
self: Working on that whole texting fettish I have, lol)

4. You must MUST MUST have trust in a relationship. If you don't trust
that person, it will damage what you have because you will hurt the
other person's feelings.

5. Happiness MUST be within a relationship , whether it be a simple
tingle in the stomach, a smile on a bad day, that person that gets you
through the day besides of course God!!Now don't take what I'm saying
wrong, obviously you'll never be 100% happy all the time, but you
should feel happy a good majority of the time...not overly happy but
something ha ha.

6. Pray to God when in doubt about ANYTHING......He's the number one
dad to have in the world and whenever I get mad at him or push him away
he just comes back.

7. Love others like the Lord loves you....selfishness, distrust,
unkindness, impatience, anger......are not components of love, far from
it. All of these component will turn soemthing beautiful into something
purely not of the Lord......something ugly.

8. Be selfless and merciful ......when you are angered by something
that person says to you, bite your tongue and think and process what
you're going to say next....try to say something nice if possible...if
not , don't say anything at all, cuz 9 times out of 10 you'll regret
what you said 10 minutes later. Do acts of love and selflessness not
cuz you think you'll get something in return after even the simple
thing of being thanked for it. Do it because you want to do it for them
, nothing attached to it. Love will grow due to that.

9. Love is a two way street. Communicate with your partner and work
together to please each other. Do not look at it as changing yourself ,
but improving your being.....

10. Always try your best..and the rewards will show ......because in
your heart.....you'll know at least you tried no matter the
consequences and that will make you feel good!



I have learned so many things from the Lord lately. Praise His name and
all that He has done. I'm constantly growing and learning new things
from Him. And even though I'm not sure about anything in my life right
now, I know that my life is in good hands. My dad will take care of
me!! :)