Incoming late night honesty:

Life is good. I've definitely grown and am growing so much. I'm really happy with life and am really grateful for all my blessings. It doesn't mean things are perfect--things have gone wrong and I've messed up a lot lately actually--but my attitude is changing. I'm becoming more sure of myself.

I feel like things from my old self are resurfacing. But it's the good things that's for sure. Looking at it now, I feel like who I am never really changed all that much. It's like I went through a lot of life experiences not to really change me at the core, but to refine me at the core; to strengthen the man that God is intending me to become.

I always felt like I needed to change but I see it now that who I truly am will not shift or budge. Who I am as I am is perfect in God's love and forgiveness. What I DO and CHOOSE and how I REACT and ACT is what changes. It's what God shifts because that's what is tainted and influenced by our daily lives and encounters. Things around me have come and gone and have loved me and hated me, but nonetheless, I really am still Gabriel. Same old Gabe.

And that's awesome.

Thank You for everything, and thank You for never giving up on me although I had given up on myself countless times before.

Life is blessed.

#pG