Change

You can only change yourself. Relationships work by always improving yourself, not by focusing on how someone else needs to change.

I can always be better.
I can always improve.
I can always be nicer.
I can always be a better friend.

Constant

I think I've finally figured out a lesson that I've been given several opportunities to learn, and have repeatedly failed at... I've been looking for a constant, a dependable person to hold onto in life, to keep me grounded and sane. But people can't always be there for you. It seems like they should be able to be at least more often than they are... but I guess we just can't have standards that high. There are very few people in this world you can depend on, and even if they are--no one's perfect. And we can't expect them to be. Something tells me that I'll still be learning this lesson for a while... and I regret that. But I've grown up with high expectations, and when people started to meet them it only reinforced that mindset. But the higher the expectation... the more people fall short. And that's not fair to anyone. So I'll be doing my best to keep learning and reprogramming myself.

There is only one constant, and eternally perfect dependably being out there... and it is God. We all have to rely on our Heavenly Father, and turn to Christ and the power of the Atonement. And that is a lesson we keep learning our whole lives long. Depend on Christ. Rely on Christ. Turn to him when you need aid, comfort, and peace.

He lives. Turn to him.