Standing Back Up

It doesn't matter how many times you fall,

what matters is how many times you stand up,

shake it off, and keep moving forward.

-unknown

This quote has been heavy on my heart lately. How many times do we fall? ALOT! Everyday for me, if I was being honest. We all make mistakes, mess up, and fall hard. Its part of our human nature. Each day is our choice in our we react to our failures.

For many years and still at times, I find myself stuck and staying in the midst of my fall. This causes depression, anxiety, pain, addiction, and hopelessness. This is not a fun place to be or stay in. But when we stay stuck in our failures this happens. Most of my life has been staying "stuck" in the same cycle. But there is hope for each of us. 

As we learn that we don't have to stay stuck in our failures, we find much freedom. Freedom that you can actually breathe and live again. We aren't identified by our failures but by how we continue to stand up and move forward. This gives us much hope for our circumstances. It has for me. We feel that we may be stuck, but we have a God that reaches down and grabs our hand to pick us back up. Here's the thing, we have to be willing to have his help to get us back up. We must keep moving forward no matter how deep we may be in our mess. 

Goodness, my controlling, self sabotaging nature keeps me down at times. But as I've come in and out of my own failures, I realize that I am the game changer in this situation. Gods right there, but I have to make the decision to allow him to be my strength. For me to get up, brush off the dirt, and move forward. 

We no longer have to stay down in our mess but we can rise above it and become much stronger than we were before. 

The Life of a FA

Since I recently gave up facebook until the first of the year. Most of you still wanted to hear and see what I'm up too. So I will update as time permits in what I'm doing and where I am.

Life as a Flight Attendant is fun. I have been to many fun places such as: Brazil, Barbados, Jamaica, Dominican, Costa Rica, LA, Dallas, Panama (the country), Nicaragua, and NYC. These are the few that are coming to my mind as a write. I have met many amazing people on my journey. Some stick with you and some don't.

Each layover is unique. Some you have plenty of time to explore the cities, lay by the beach, shop. But other layovers you have time to get in bed, maybe a small workout, and SLEEP. I've learned that sleep is a very important priority as a Flight Attendant. If I don't get sleep, you have a cranky FA. No one wants that.

One of the biggest things I've been learning on the job is that as a FA you can either make someones day or completely be rude and break someones day. My goal each time I board a plane is to be the change in that person's life that needs it the most. I say a simple prayer that I can make a difference and have joy regardless of how tired I am or whats going on in my personal life.

Here is an example of making a difference in one of my passengers life. This isn't me boasting at all but an example. On our way back from Nicaragua a few days ago. You had the cranky FA who was tired. This would be me. So I went to the back of Main Cabin, said a prayer for me to finish this sequence strong and be a light to my coworkers and the passengers. I took a few deep breaths and went back to help with boarding. It didn't solve all things but helped my perspective change. After we did the service my FA 1 called and asked if I would come sit with a UM (unattended minor). My response was I'll be right there! As I sat with this young girl, we played on her Ipad making princesses even more pretty, and playing other games. It was nice and relaxing. I was in my element. After a while I had to go prepare for landing. I told her thank you for letting me play and sit with you. Her response was, I'm glad you sat with me, I wasn't as scared. You are a really nice lady. All I did was sit with this little girl and gave her attention.

After I spent time with the girl, I said a silent prayer of thanks to God. I was more blessed than this little girl. God knows what our hearts need and he provides. I realized that day that as a Flight Attendant I have the ability to make or break someones day. I want to make that conscience effort to be a light to each passengers day. They need to be loved just as much as you and I do.

My Favorite Layover: Barbados

Barbados sunset

Nicaragua airport

Just another day in my world!