Over a decade ago I was in a treatment facility and they proposed the mindset that “no feeling is permanent”. Yes, unfortunately this means the good too…but it’s all cyclical.

I’m a firm believer that people and situations are in our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime and we don’t have to understand it in the moment.

Maybe you’ve lost someone, maybe that someone is yourself. Be the person you need for yourself and “grow through what you go through”. A shitty friend could be there for a reason or a season but it doesn’t have to be a lifetime. That friend might be you to yourself.

Life is filled with so many different painful, glorious, confusing, rewarding experiences. If you would have told me that being a teen mom wasn’t a curse…I couldn’t have any more children beginning in my early 20’s, he was meant to be here. On that same note if you would’ve told me that a random guy came with a friend to a birthday party for someone he didn’t know (me), ended up getting with and still being with the birthday girl, married, 7 years later, I wouldn’t have believed one bit that I’d be that birthday girl. I thought it was such a hard search to find my special person when in reality the simplicity of having an open mind allowed us to blossom and grow together. That, and trusting God’s plan and releasing my control to him.

I’ve found that mindset plays such a huge role and being honest with my truth in a situation doesn’t always end in a chaotic mess. Fake it ’till ya make it and know that if today brings rain clouds, they won’t stay forever…maybe it was to water the beautiful flowers that come after.

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I’m starting a new thing. Let me know how I can pray for you. Comment or email me at prayformemichael@gmail.com.

-Mike