You can't compare yourself and your life with the way that other people's lives are because you have to give yourself some credit and give yourself the benefit of the doubt. Don't look at your stage as something like how the world is telling you it should be, because it's very much different in the way God sees it.

Stepping away from all of that just helped me to regain perspective and help me to take the focus off of the problems and turn my focus to God, turn my focus to other people and serve them in that way... You know what, do it at your own time, at your own pace, and whenever you feel comfortable sharing that story.

And the moment I made that peace with the idea of dying, that fear didn't have control over me anymore. If you don't take anything else away from today, just take that away—it doesn't go away because you ignore it. For your peace of mind, just check it out.