If

If I could go back to my younger self, I would tell myself to be patient, to listen more, to try to understand the bigger picture and not be so quick to jump to conclusions or jump to the next thing… But to give situations time to grow and to move forward. 

I would tell myself that you need people, and those are gonna be more important than any accomplishment you ever make. The ones that you meet for a moment or the ones that you keep for a lifetime. I would look at myself and go “Chad, You need to really pray this through. Chad, you need to walk through this.” I think my current life over the last 4 + years has definitely been more like this. More walking through, more trying to listen, more trying to be willing and open to what God has. 

If I could tell my younger self one last thing it would be, “it’s gonna be okay. It’s okay. 

It’s okay.”

“You are good enough, you are smart enough and gosh darn it… People might just like you!”

02/15/25

clc

~ Peace

The Burtle

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