The Only Thing Constant is Change

I have been pondering something of late. My brain seems to have frozen people in the last state I knew them in. That may be 10 years or more for some people. When I meet people again I am always surprised. Sometimes pleasantly, sometimes not, but everyone is different. Then I ponder where I was 10 years ago. I realize how much I have changed. I stop and analyze wither the change has been for good or not. I can honestly say that I am nothing like I thought I would be at this stage in my life. I planned on marring after I obtained my master's and I thought I would have 3 kids. I have not gotten my master's yet. I will go back after my kids are in school. I am a stay at home mother and I think it is the hardest, yet best thing I have ever done. I would have never seen myself be a stay at home mother 10 years ago. We are happy with our 2 kids. They fill my life so completely. I am much more spiritual than I was 10 years ago. I always desired to have faith, but only when it was convenient and the rules didn't get in my way. Now I have a firm testimony of my faith and I understand how the guidelines help me to happy and healthy. Lastly, my temperament has changed a great deal. I think I was arrogant and temperamental in my younger years. I was painfully shy and I tried to hide it by acting tough and snotty. Now I feel that my temperament is more mellow. I still have a temper, but I can control it most of the time. I am still very shy, but I don't feel I need to prove anything to anyone. I am happy with who I am, what I am doing and where I am in life. My life will not be the same in 10 years. There will be more changes and directions over time. I pray that I will allow the hand of my Heavenly Father guide me more in the future than I have in the past.