Fifteen years ago, I woke up wondering why I felt like I was down a rabbit hole.  Why was life so different from what I had imagined?  I had planned for a different life for myself, and I was not content with my outcome.  I began to inventory my life:  my family, my surroundings, working to uncover the turning point on life's highway that placed me on the path to unhappiness.  I felt like I was in wonderland and everything I consumed whether it be literal or theoretic, would cause me to not fit the space I was in.  Much like Alice in that whimsical fairy tale, all I wanted was to go home to escape this world of not enough or too much which is always at the wrong time. I set off on a journey to uncover how I ended up in this place depressed, anxious, and feeling lonely.  I was in search of a place of happiness. 
 
Not all of you will experience the things that I have experienced; but we all must forgive, love, and desire to be loved.  The best way to achieve these things is to do a self-check.  We must make sure we are not (self-sabotaging) blocking the blessings God has assigned to us: hope, self-value, and positive surroundings.  
 
I encourage you to overcome every obstacle and every weight that was meant to take you out and live your life abundantly. Be happy. Be well. Be whole.