Year Five

It's crazy to think that five years ago today, I started this wild idea of mine. I really had no clue as to what to do after college and was honestly hopeless. Sometimes it still feels that way. 

I always want to know what's going to happen, and if what I'm doing is right for me... but that's exactly what God has been teaching me the past few weeks. I can be really stubborn, but I can feel Him changing me through the different circumstances. 

A lot of changes have taken place in my life this year, new job, my nonno that had been in the hospital... and truthfully I've wanted to give up many times. 

But that's when all of these amazing people that God placed in my life show up and remind me... Hey you're going to be okay, don't you ever give up. God's not finished yet. 

My old friend Joe from church recently reminded me to try my best, but most of all to just put my heart into it. And it's funny how God uses little things to connect them all. I happened to look down, and the notebook I had for over a year had written the following quote:

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

And then I smiled. Oh. I think I'm starting to understand it all now. Whatever the circumstances, wherever He places you... give it your heart. That's all God asks. And it's going to be okay. 

I'm so thankful and happy I started this blog 5 years ago. The amazing people I got to meet and work and laugh with, have played a giant part of my journey and growing heart. 

Here's to five years, to new beginnings, and to never ever giving up.