WHERE AM I?
December 1, 2022
What does my life really look like? Where did I go?
The questions are endless, but the answers are simple.
(I saw this on my drive home from Mississippi and took it, thought it fit the mood.)
One year ago
I was at a college that I didn’t feel comfortable at.
I was following people I knew I shouldn’t follow.
I wasn’t motivated.
I was unfulfilled.
I was unrooted and fought internal battles daily.
One year ago
I struggled to be who I know I needed to be.
One year ago
I was an eighteen year old boy with dreams that were in the process of being buried, who in 5 days would be a nineteen year old that continued to dig the whole deeper before the month’s end.
TODAY
I’m moving forward with where I am, even if that’s not at college right now.
I have people around me that I know God put in my life for a reason.
I am wiser because of who I was.
I know I am successful even in the little things that I do.
I am thankful for who I was and glad to be who I am.
TODAY
I know who I need to be and strive to be that man every day.
TODAY
I am a nineteen year old boy doing everything it takes to be the best version of myself, still chasing those dreams, and in five days will be a twenty year old man that will do his best to go to sleep every day content with the effort he gave.
In FIVE DAYS
I will be a twenty year old man who is confident in his own skin.
I will be a faithful man who desires to grow in his walk with Christ.
I will be the best friend I can be who does his best to be genuine to people around him and have meaningful conversations.
One day.
I hope to be a good husband who constantly loves and builds up his wife no matter what.
I hope to be a good father who would do anything for his kids not because it’s easy, but because he loves them and wants them to be the best they can be.
I hope to be strong in my faith and understand that my time on this world is truly limited, and it’s not all about me, but instead about how I can show love to others.
I hope to continue to be a good friend and be a good example and care deeply for them and be a good listener.
I hope to be doing what I love, not what makes good money or what other people consider “successful.”
No matter where you go in life. Never give up. It’s always worth getting back up and moving forward, even when it seems pointless.
Every little stumble is for a reason. Don’t look at your mistakes as something that steers you off course, but instead as a blessing in disguise. Take every fall as a way to grow.
I’ve learned without the struggles in my life I would never be close to who I am today.
Love the people around you.
Don’t let a day pass where you don’t tell someone how much they mean to you… your words aren’t limited… but your time is.
I’m going to continue to move forward and not hold back.
Here’s to always being a dreamer.
Best of luck,
Bay Garrett.
