a really great letter to a daughter
Terry Nolan
A letter that Glenn Beck Wrote his daughter while sitting in her first class in college to give her advice on the future.
Pretty good stuff to live by..
” You are never alone and there is never trouble that is beyond help. Your father loves you and your
Heavenly Father loves you. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come, but as long as we have today, it's
never too late. Question with boldness. Read what they tell you not to. Challenge everything. The educated
of this time are growing arrogant, and arrogance leads to darkness. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
However, sanitizer is a must, especially in New York City. In New York City, honey, it's best both times
just not to touch. Look for the exits. They may save your life. Respect others. Know that they are most
likely afraid, just like you. In fact, I found more arrogant and forceful they become, the more afraid they
are. The worst thing in life you can do is dishonor yourself or your family and then go living a life
without setting it right. Marry for love, marry for laughs, but most importantly, as my wife Tania taught
me, marry with God. For without God, life's storms are too strong to withstand. Wealth and fame are an
illusion. We've been rich, we've been poor. We've been happy both times. The only times I've truly been
miserable is when I was lying to myself or to others. Alcohol and drugs make life easier for a very short
time and then they destroy. There is no experience that is bad. Experience just is. It's what you do with
that experience, how you'll use it. Will it shape your life for the better and help you become a stronger
person? Or will you allow those experiences to smother and destroy you? Call 911 first and then call your
dad. Always have a picture on your desk of someone you admire. Don't let life wash over you wave after
wave. You're not a rock. Learn from the waves. Learn from the currents. Choose to sail. "I am that I am" is
the most powerful phrase in any language, as it is the name of God. Never use it in vain. Use it to create
who you want to be. I am, blank. But know if you don't fill that blank in, someone else will. You can
ignore it, but if you do, it will be filled in by others or just life. There will always be many that will
try to fill that blank in but only you can fill it in and be happy. The Lord lives and He is personal. He
loves you, and he's always there to help. But we have to train ourselves to hear it. We have to use our
faith and exercise it like a muscle. The more we use faith, the louder he becomes. Serve Him in all things.
Stand where He asks you to stand. Stand, for you do have a purpose. Your job is just to remember who you
are, remember what you agreed upon. We're meant to be happy. But remember, no pain, no gain. Life is hard
and then it gets harder. And then you die. But every single second of life is worth it. Always say what you
mean and mean what you say. Turn the other cheek and always forgive. But don't forget so much that you put
yourself in the same situation. Question authority, including everything that I've just told you. Make
these things true because you know them to be true. You have everything you need. You have everything you
need to be happy. May you figure that out before I do. Freedom, rights, are given to man by God. They are
His. Protect them. You are the guardian. Private jet travel is the only material thing that can actually
change your life. However, refined manner, gentleness, meekness, kindness, will be the only currency of any
true value. Stuff doesn't matter. Forgiveness is divine. The atonement is real. You are worthy. Hell is an
eternity of regret, not being able to forgive yourself. Haves smell worse in the summer. Walk a lot and
never stop noticing things around you. When you do, change your ways or change your address. People are
good. They want to do the right thing. Give them the opportunity. Shadows are darkest at noon, and it
always gets colder before sunrise. It's never wrong to do the right thing. Learn to love others that you
don't know or really don't like. Read the scriptures every day. They are alive, and He speaks to you
through them. There are no coincidences in life. Learn, laugh, love. Sleep hard and sleep less. Pray on
your knees. To whom much is given, much is required. You've been given the world and beyond. Only date
those who love you as much as I do. Only date those who will treat you as I have tried. Never want anything
too much. You'll always end up paying too high of a price one way or another. If you must shoot, shoot to
kill. Labels are meaningless. Someone you meet today is afraid or suffering. Find them. Comfort them. Never
let the sun go down without saying you're sorry for your wrongs. Your dad misses you. Call him. Call him
now. What? Why haven't you called him yet? Life goes by far too fast. Keep a journal. Write what you think;
write what you question; write what you know. There is order in all things. Stay in that order. Stay in the
flow. You will find very few real friends in life. Cherish them. Things will change and you'll fall in and
out of each other's lives, but when you do come back, it will be as if you never left. The hardest thing to
do is to admit failure, to admit weakness. Only the very strong do. The weak never ask for help. Fasting is
prayer. Fasting without prayer is a diet. And why? Why haven't you called your father yet? “