observation.

I drove past this specific landmark today.
I pass it every day on my drive home.

Every day.

I see it at least 5 days a week.

It's easy to recognize in the city.
It's been there as long as I can remember.

Today, it caught my eye.

In front of the Methodist church on Shoreline/Ocean drive, there's this statue of Jesus on the boat, calming the storm.
A lot of people just refer to it as the "Jesus statue"
If you stop and look at it, you'll notice words engraved on the side.
I've seen them before, but can't remember them word for word.
Today, as I was driving by it yet again, my eye focused on part of it.

"Jesus said, 'Take heart...'"
It says more of the scripture, but that struck me.

I don't need the rest.
All I need to know is that the Lord of the universe, the One who created everything, even me and my complexities, who makes the flowers bloom and the rain fall, that He tells me to simply "take heart." To have hope, to trust Him, to not give up...
If He says it, I know it's meant.

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There are tons of things I need to learn
Tons I don't understand.
Sometimes my brain feels overwhelmed.
But, I keep going.

Sometimes I don't know why, yeally.
But I can't not.

I'm really hoping that soon, things will start to look up.
I'm at a place--a really good place, considering--where the place I'm at is what it is.

There are tons of dreams I have, tons of hopes I want to happen, tons of thoughts...
Holding them all for no seeming reason is getting difficult.

But, I have found home.
It's wherever that place is where my heart feels peace.
Be it in the dance studio, on m floor, little moments with people, lightning storms, whatever.

Those are the things I'll never forget.