It hasn't always been this way. I remember brighter days, Before the dark ones came, Stole my mind, Wrapped my soul in chains...

I am so happy right now. Happier than I have been in quite some time. The cloud of depression has finally been lifted from me and I am beginning to see the path in front of me. God is so good and I have been through a lot in the past year, but I am an over-comer because of the One that I rely on Who gives me strength to face each day. You live and you learn, and then you look back and wish you had listened. Why are we as youth so stubborn and eager to make mistakes? It is really quite foolish. God puts wise people in our lives for a reason, as an example. Take heed lest ye fall. It is quite true that the older you are the more wise you become. Our elders have lived life and gained experience in things that we have yet come to realize. Life is uncertain, and uncertainty scares me, but I am not on this voyage alone. I have an amazing Navigator, Who has given me a road map to success and a gps to direct me to where exactly it is that He wants me to be. I have been walking through life blindfolded, allowing others to lead me, but they too are blinded. I have finally become tired of feeling lost in the darkness and ripped off my blindfold in order to see the light. Although I can now see, there are still chains weighing me down and holding me back from reaching my full potential. I must trust God to set me free from each and every fleshly burden and desire. He is doing it, and it is not easy, but the freedom that it brings is a feeling that cannot be easily described using words. The air around me is lighter somehow and there is an inner peace that trusting fully in God brings to your life. God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!!!
Trust Him.

Set Me Free - Casting Crowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRtN0MMJYzw

Psalm 32:8-9 (NLT)

The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
      I will advise you and watch over you.
Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
      that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”

Psalm 56:3 (NLT)

But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Psalm 56:11, 13 (KJV)

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
      For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Psalm 61:1-4 (NASB)

Hear my cry, O God;
Give heed to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For You have been a refuge for me,
A tower of strength against the enemy.
Let me dwell in Your tent forever;
Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings.
                       Selah.

Psalm 62:5-8 (MSG)

God, the one and only—
      I'll wait as long as he says.
   Everything I hope for comes from him,
      so why not?
   He's solid rock under my feet,
      breathing room for my soul,
   An impregnable castle:
      I'm set for life.

My help and glory are in God
      —granite-strength and safe-harbor-God—
   So trust him absolutely, people;
      lay your lives on the line for him.
      God is a safe place to be.