"Storms make trees take deeper roots."-Dolly Parton

Choices all have consequences.  That is how we learn.  Babies take small beginning steps and fall down.  But they eventually learn from each experience of falling down.  They learn what works and what doesn't.  They get stronger.  They experience success because they learn as they don't give up.  If as a parent we constantly caught them before they fell-the learning would not be the same.  They would walk later but the experience has not taught them about themselves or their abilities.  And they most certainly will not feel the same level of accomplishment.  A parent who is there constantly to catch their child before the fall does not love their child more.  In my opinion they just want to keep that child attached to them   Even mother birds need to let their babies leave the nest-but that is when they fly!  Growing roots after a storm will hurt.  The benefits outweigh the pain.  Fly! Peace.

"Often God delays purposely, and the delay is just as much an answer to your prayer as is the fullfillment when it comes"-Emilie Barnes

We pray and we pray and we pray.  But we don't get what we asked for.  What does that mean?  Sometimes we think it is because God has abandoned us.  I believe He is right there-holding our hand with a look of sorrow and tears on His face.  God does not want to say no-just as a parent does not want to say no to his/her beloved child.  But with God-He sees what is next on the road ahead of us.  He knows that either what we want is not good enough for us, or we have a better route ahead, or maybe we just aren't ready for what we want.  Trust.  Wait and see the goodness.  Peace.

"What looks like Plan B to me may be God's Plan A all along."-Mary Tunison

I do feel that we are on a journey and often come to a crossroad.  We have a choice to make that is often made during stressful times so we are not always listening to our heart.  So we make a wrong choice-notice I said wrong not bad.  But I believe that God just says- okay they aren't ready yet- they have more to learn.  And HE lets us learn those lessons and then our path will eventually lead to where we need to be anyways-where our heart resides.  The choice is ours but all works out as it is suppose to work out every time. Peace.