Full Cirle

When I think about the fact that I'm going on a mission and I'm turning 21 I feel OLD! I know that's silly to everyone else in the world but 21 is such an old age! I never thought I would get this old and hit this stage in life. When I got my Patriarchal Blessing I couldn't help but scoff at the idea of going on a mission at 21. There was no way I could ever not be married and having kids at that point! And yet here I am, going on a mission the week before I turn 21. SIGH! Life has a funny way of making a complete circle and doing exactly what you didn't think would happen. Remember when like 2 months ago I said I still didn't want to go on a mission and had no plans to go? Then 2 weeks later I had all my paperwork submitted? (Mother was pleasantly shocked). Everyone thought for sure I was going early and that even though my Patriarchal Blessing said 21 it was a "fluke" of sorts. Life doesn't have flukes. God knows, and he plans accordingly. I wasn't supposed to go last August. But I was supposed to have that call and go through the experiences that came from it to more prepare me for now. Life is all full circles, hind vision is 20-20, and don't even think for a second that God doesn't have a hand in your life. He's always there and EVERY SINGLE THING that happens to you is the prepare you for something to come later on. I have absolutely no doubt about that fact. Don't let the regret from the choices you made in the past hinder your future. Decide to learn something from it and make it count for something positive.