I hope that our journey along the path of this part of your life has been fruitful, enjoyable, and of value to you. We have talked about know yourself, your thoughts, your strengths, you’re your limitations. We have taken a look deep inside at what it is that makes us tick and how we have become the truly unique individual that we are, just like everyone else. God made us all perfectly as he has planned, what we do with what God has created, is in part up to us, because one of God’s greatest gifts to ourselves in the gift of free will.

We have studied the need to know where we are, where we are planning to go, and the route we plan to take. Not every plan works out just the way we would like it to, but nonetheless it does work out. We have never faced something so terrible that we haven’t survived it. We are here reading this aren’t we?

Life is a journey and we learn, grow and gain experience and wisdom along the way. We need to make time to squeeze the life out our lives. I was once asked this question, “What comes out of you when you are squeezed under pressure?” I hope that it is something much more elegant than bodily fluids. I hope it is wisdom, and courage to face the problem head on and succeed, never to give up. “What comes out of you when you are squeezed?”

Who we spend out lime with really is a good indication of who we truly are as a person. We all have good people that we know and spend time with, can we add more to that list and may cull out or limit the time we spend with others that don’t help us grow?

In closing, I want to let you know that life is a journey, and no matter what we will be successful, we all end our life’s race in the same place. Those of us with a faith in God and Jesus Christ, have so much more to look forward to beyond this life that the end is a welcome beginning. Understand there is no failure, only ways that didn’t quite work out the way we intended them to work out. Failure is not a person, failure is an event. Don’t let an event influence the person you are, you are much more than that. You are a life, a creation, in fact you are quite a miracle.

You are a truly unique individual… just like every one of God’s creations!

Blessings