Today is my birthday!!
And honestly, almost every other birthday I have the mind set of "ME!" and that every single little thing is directed around me and me only. But today I was extremely humbled. I just looked at everything as "Wowza, I am blessed". I put money in the offering plate at church because i wanted to (that never happens). I went to Starbucks with sarah, and enjoyed the company of good friends. I looked at the world I'm in and just appreciated how beatiful every last thing was. I evaluted my own life and just thought of how immensley blessed I am. And I was just really happy. I don't know if this is courageous or not. But it felt nice. ....

One other thing I want to say today. Is that my dad is one of the most courageous people I have ever come in contact with. I look at him everyday, and completely take for granted how truly amazing he is. Just some back ground on this.. he is in the military, and every time he goes over seas, or faces problems in his life, he faces them courageously. He steps up to the plate, and if he's scared he sure shows no sign of it. He knows that God is with him, and everything that happens is in his hands. He has overcome so much both mentally and physically. Mentally--> when my mom and him got divorced, he took the initiative to raise my sister and i. Single dad. 2 daughters... yes challenging. But he did it, and did GOOD at that. Physically--> he deals with pain, and just physically overcoming little things, such as dipping, he is in the process of quiting and it being a great sport about it.

And he still just lives every day one day at a time. And for this I admire him so much.

"Courage is knowing that the task ahead of you, is never as great as the power behind you"