This week was not the best of weeks, at all. I have been brought down a lot. I found myself being angry all the time, and when I'm angry and don't let that anger go, it's easy for my anger to turn into straight up bitterness. I found my smile fading.
Today, my mom walked in the house and said, "Alyssa.. you have something in the mail." I opened it up and to my surprise, it was a letter I wrote to myself at summer camp. HK told us to write letters to ourselves and she'd send them to us at random. I opened it up and first opened up the letter that had all the encouragements from my close friends. They said sweet things I needed to hear. However, when I opened up my own letter and this is what it said:
Dear Alyssa,
Don't forget what you learned at this camp. Anger and bitterness continues to take a toll on you, and you learned to let it go. Don't let that back into your life. Look at the note enclosed inside and remember how many people love you. You aren't alone, no matter how alone you may feel. Don't let fear keep you from doing what God wants you to do in life. He's got so many important things planned for you, it's ridiculous. Don't lose your joy. People cannot strip you of that. Keep your passions alive. Don't forget to love deeply.
Keep on the look out for hearts,
Alyssa.
AMAZING!!!!!!
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