"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."

Lesson 55: Don't be two-faced.

Ugh. Biggest pet peeve. Just say what you want to say and stop lying. I promise, most people will appreciate it more if you just say how you truly feel and not take time to lie. Seriously.

"He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away."

Lesson 54: Do it because you want to. Because it makes you happy(:

Something major that I've learned this summer is that you don't have to have a reason for everything that you do. Sometimes its okay just to do it because it makes you happy.

"How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours."

Lesson 53: People treat you how you let them treat you.

Start standing up for yourself. If you act like a pushover that is how people will treat you. If you listen to what they say, it will be so. Be who you are. Don't let someone else define you.

"Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have."

Lesson 52: Make healthy choices.

I bet you thought this was going to be a post all about having a healthy diet. Well it's not. Only part of it is. 

Make healthy choices:
1) In what you eat- Your body is your life. It's what keeps you alive. So take good care of it by eating things that give you the nutrients you need. Also, get plenty of exercise and drink A LOT of water.
2) In what you think- Try to stay positive. It's probably not as bad as you think it is. And even if it is, only you can fix it. 
3)In who you spend time with- Surround yourself with people who lift you up and make you feel better about yourself. Life is ridiculously too short to spend time with negative people.
4) In what you do- Make time EVERYDAY to do something for yourself. Something I live by is before I do anything I ask myself "Would I like to be doing this when the Lord comes back?" and if the answer is no I stop. It sounds really silly but it actually works.

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."

Lesson 51: No matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.


Good friends are few and far between. But everyone is going to hurt you. You can't put someone on that high of a pedestal because the will only disappoint you. So cherish your friends and forgive them because you can't expect from someone else what you don't expect from yourself.

"God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them."

Lesson 50: Crave God's presence. 

Sometimes I find myself just absolutely desperate to be closer to God. Ever feel that way?

PRAY ABOUT IT! (:

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

Lesson 49: Have no regrets.

So many times I hear stories of people who reach old age and say "I wish I had done that when I had the chance." It's one of the saddest things I have ever heard. We go through our lives putting things off, neglecting to say the things we want to say and postponing dreams to fit our busy schedule. We worry about the tiniest consequences of our actions and let society's thoughts govern how we act.

What if you could do anything you wanted without failing?


Of course given that circumstance we would probably do things that we had only dreamed of before. But if you really think about it, so what if you fail? You just get back up and try again. I think it's better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all and end up regretting it.