Hang in there. Are you still in your 20s? At 41, I have to say that my 20s were the hardest decade. Full of questioning, wandering, unsettling, working out false ideas I had grown up absorbing, figuring out really who I was as an adult, etc. etc. Things settled down into a terrific 30s (well, except for the sleep deprivation of having small kids), and now 41 is my favorite age yet, despite the stiff back, because I am simply me, and my kids are old enough to let me sleep most of the time.
Speaking as a person of faith (Christian since I was little), the same goes for my faith: strong upbringing, turbulent 20s, deepening and settling 30s, and now....it's just less turbulent and I can really see the fruit of more than 30 years putting one step in front of the other in my faith, while seeing clearly just how far off from goal I am.
I appreciate your wisdom to step back this year, and I will be cheering for you and praying for you when you come to mind. :)
Always love reading your words!
Hang in there. Are you still in your 20s? At 41, I have to say that my 20s were the hardest decade. Full of questioning, wandering, unsettling, working out false ideas I had grown up absorbing, figuring out really who I was as an adult, etc. etc. Things settled down into a terrific 30s (well, except for the sleep deprivation of having small kids), and now 41 is my favorite age yet, despite the stiff back, because I am simply me, and my kids are old enough to let me sleep most of the time.
Speaking as a person of faith (Christian since I was little), the same goes for my faith: strong upbringing, turbulent 20s, deepening and settling 30s, and now....it's just less turbulent and I can really see the fruit of more than 30 years putting one step in front of the other in my faith, while seeing clearly just how far off from goal I am.
I appreciate your wisdom to step back this year, and I will be cheering for you and praying for you when you come to mind. :)