Just Take a Breath
“He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.””
Psalms 46:10 NIV
Dear Connor!
The advice you gave was very practical. . . I will say, college is literally the easiest time in the world to make friends. Never again will people be just as scared, just as confused, and have no idea what is going on as when you are first starting out in college. You are right, there is so much needless pressure and we tend to over complicate things so much. I was a Resident Assistant throughout college and the thing that taught me almost more than anything else, was, everyone is just as, if not more scared than you are. None of us have this whole life thing figured out, especially not during the first few weeks of college.
A phrase that I am pretty sure you have heard me say many a time before is the phrase ’take a breath, its’ not that deep.’ I can’t believe the amount of things in life that I have found myself thinking that applies too. Such as. . .
The start of relationships. So many people are so scared to be the one to start a conversation. The anxiety is the primary thing that they fear. There is so much worry, when in reality, the majority of the time, you just need to breath, and go talk to that person anyway.
Major tests. Every exam season it feels like the world is ending. Or at least I felt that way for the first couple of years of college. Exams, final papers, it felt like my entire world was collapsing, when all I needed to do, was just take a breath, and do my work.
Those relationships you are so worried about. Between a significant other, girlfriend, boyfriend, whatever, it sometimes can start to feel like someone else is dominating your entire thought life. When in reality, you are already the most loved you will ever be. All you need to do, is just breath, and trust in God.
Time and time again, I find myself needing to remind myself of that. I kinda hoped that as I became an adult that it would get better. But. . . As of now Connor, it hasn’t. I feel bad sometimes for you because I tend to be the absolute worst when it comes to taking my own advice. I do not handle change, stress very well. I tend to have, as you would know, a just do it attitude, when I think I should have a ‘breathe’ first attitude. Because sometimes even just a few moments of quiet reflection, of prayer, of trust that God has you, is all it takes. That was all that was ever needed.
I think it is something God promises time and time again. He doesn’t need you to have your whole future figured out RIGHT NOW! All God needs from you, from me, from all of us, is to just take the only time we ever live (RIGHT NOW) pray, be still, and just breathe.
Signed, Shay.
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Sorry this got out late Friend, 4 timezones, 3 countries, and landing somewhere that doesn’t have WiFi made my task rather difficult. . . It was written on time tho! And it was posted on time, just not uploaded I guess. . .