~Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is just the beginning for you. All of life spreads out before you. NOW is the time to get some things in place. Your standards, your convictions, your values. . .the things you will take a stand on and not waver from. Up to this point, much of life has been living under and obeying our standards & values. . .and you have done well because, especially you, Sarah are a people pleaser.
As you venture more and more on your own, there will be many many things that will woo you. . .you will have to make choices about life and the people you choose to do life with. . .the people you will align yourself with. Those decisions will be yours to make. Set your standards NOW so you will not be confused later regarding the right thing to do when the challenges and storms of life come.
Always know that there is so much more to a successful life than finding a career, making a living or marrying the right person. A life well lived has to do with CHARACTER. Your character is who you are when no one is looking. Your commitment to honesty & integrity, being a servant, living with purpose, looking beyond your own needs, being responsible and striving to live for good and for God are only a few. Take the time now to formulate your core values. We have attempted to pass on those that we ourselves are convinced of and strive to live by. . .you are welcome to them. . .but it is time they become your own.
I need to find one of the old journals I had when you were a baby. There is one entry that I remember writing one night while I was watching you sleep in your nursery. 18+ years later I still feel the same.
I also am going to resurrect a story I wrote when I was in college after a summer training program I attended with the Navigators. . .and post it here. Over the years, it has continued to be an anchor point for me. Stay tuned!
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