marathon

Live by faith, not by experiences. The positive ones are there to keep you going, like a water station during a race.

inheritance

Pray to the Father to be in His will.

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” — John 15:16, ESV

tree of strife

Needing to be right is one of the roots of an unforgiving nature.