{"id":3190,"date":"2019-01-02T16:47:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2019-01-02T16:57:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T21:57:14","slug":"what-ive-learned-in-65-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/what-ive-learned-in-65-years\/","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019ve learned in 65 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u2019ve learned that time goes by really fast\u2026<\/h6>\n
It doesn\u2019t seem like it when you\u2019re young but trust me it does\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that people you love and care about don\u2019t always live out their days with you; some die young and leave you to walk on without them\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that forgiveness really is for yourself and that doing it sooner than later makes you feel so much better\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that people can be cruel and unjust and down-right mean\u2026but they can also change for the better\u2026I\u2019ve learned not to judge because I\u2019m a people too\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that having your cake and eating it too, is not fun\u2026it\u2019s so much better to share\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that the sun will come up in the morning, that birds sing in the rain and that God answers prayer\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned not to take people for granted\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned to be grateful in everything\u2026to take the good with the bad and that there is a reason for whatever happens in your life\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that divorce will not kill you but it hurts a long-long time\u2026and no one wins\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that God\u2019s greatest blessings are children. To carry them next to your heart for nine months, birth them, hold them and raise them\u2026that nothing compares to that kind of love. Until you have grandchildren. (And except for God\u2019s love there is no greater love.)<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that seasons come and seasons go, and that life is a cycle we can only take one day at a time and that we should never, ever give up\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned to trust God and to obey him\u2026and that wisdom comes from Him\u2026and if we want wisdom, all we have to do is ask him and he\u2019ll give it\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that love is the most important character you can give and when you give love, it comes back to you multiplied\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that there can be a happily-ever-after\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve also learned in my Sixty-five years that the body gives out\u2026you walk slower\u2026you think slower\u2026and that what you thought was important is not\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned to count my blessings and not my disappointments<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that letting go of hurts is better than hanging onto them\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that each day is a miracle from God<\/h6>\n
That each breath I take, each thought I think, each bird I hear or flower I see, is, to be cherished.<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that each life I come in contact with is a potential brother or sister and that they are worth more than money, or things\u2026that life is priceless\u2026<\/h6>\n
And when I\u2019m alone because my family is not close in location\u2026and I cry my tears of wishing they were near\u2026I\u2019ve learned that God is near\u2026and they have their lives to live so that they can learn what they need to learn\u2026and I pray that God will bless them with many years to come\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that what we do, speaks louder than what we say\u2026so we must choose carefully\u2026<\/h6>\n
Sixty-five years is not really that long on this earth\u2026but I am thankful for every year I\u2019ve lived\u2026we are not promised a tomorrow\u2026but we hope in the Lord\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019ve learned that no matter what comes or goes in my life\u2026that I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and I pray with all my heart that when I leave this world\u2026people will know I lived what I believe\u2026<\/h6>\n
God bless you friends\u2026<\/h6>\n
God bless you family\u2026<\/h6>\n
Life is continuous lessons\u2026It is a powerful teacher!<\/h6>\n
Love,<\/h6>\n
Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill January 2, 2019<\/h6>\n
I will be 65 years old tomorrow. January 3, 2019.\u00a0Thank you God for all the lessons learned. Amen<\/h6>\n

Romans 8:28 New King James Version (NKJV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. <\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve learned that time goes by really fast\u2026 It doesn\u2019t seem like it when you\u2019re young but trust me it does\u2026 I\u2019ve learned that people you love and care about don\u2019t always live out their days with you; some die young and leave you to walk on without them\u2026 I\u2019ve learned that forgiveness really is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-Ps","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}