Things I know...

What I know....well it isn't much but in the last 2 years I have learned more in my life than in the previous 39 years combined. The biggest thing I learned is that God gives you just what you need....not what you think you need, want or even feel you deserve but what you truly need. I am blessed to know that years of my mother's, and many other's, prayers were answered in the wonderful husband I have. That he gave me the exact children to be mother too and that in my life he has given me the exact friends I needed at the correct time in my life. Yes those are the GREATEST things I know. I also found this list of other "things I know" and found it so fitting I wanted to share:

1. I don’t know as much as I think I do. BUT I am capable of more than I can possibly imagine.

2. People would much rather follow a person than a brand. Customers are skeptical. They want to know the who and why much more than they want to know the what.

3. Change is inevitable. It’s a lot easier to embrace it than fight it. And don’t get too settled in your new reality, more change is coming. It’s the one thing you can count on.

4. Relationship before opportunity. Invest in people first. Pour into them without giving a second thought to what they can do for you.

5. Books and events change people. They really do. When I look back on my own life and see the catalyst for change and transformation, I usually find a book I’ve read or an event I’ve attended.

6. Surround yourself with people you would want to emulate. It’s truer than we admit. We are shaped by those we surround ourselves with. So I surround myself with great people.

7. Social media brings people together. I have witnessed first-hand how it brings people from around the world with common interests together. It has revolutionized my thinking, and my relationships.

8. Set a goal. Share it with others. Live with intention. You don’t drift into real accomplishment.

9. Control is the greatest of all illusions. This is probably the single greatest thing I’ve learned in the last six months. No one is in control but God.

10. Security and comfort are over-rated. I am in a place in life where I want to be, scratch that, where I NEED to be, stretched. I am ready to live a life that’s a little uncomfortable.

What lessons are you learning right now?