So the last little while I've felt like a stupid little girl for making some less-than-wise decisions, but I've realized that even though I still do stupid things sometimes I don't need to qualify myself as stupid. Really that's not true. Yes I make poor decisions sometimes, but I've come a long way from how I used to be. And really I am a strong person. I crack and bleed sometimes; I fall and scrape my knee and my nose, and I'm ashamed and embarrassed and hurting. But I've learned to get up and keep going. I may fall, but I will not be conquered; I will not give in to defeat; I will not be broken.
On my mission, my last district leader told me something profound (that his football coach had told him). When trials come, bend but don't break (like the line with football.....ok). And that's how I've become and how I'm still becoming. I bend sometimes and I think I'm about to break, but I haven't. And I won't. And until I give in and break into pieces, I'm not a stupid girl because I'm still trying; I'm still pressing forward. If I was a stupid girl I would have just given up and stopped trying.
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