Girl Talk

I just love having friends!! Tonight we were going to go out to dinner with the girls as we do every month, trying a new ethnicity of food. It didn't work. The scheduling was just not working so we decided to just do a quick dessert. We should have known better that there would be nothing quick about it. Once we get together we just love to chat. Everyone had to go around and tell of their relationship updates or the lack thereof. It was so fun! We were laughing SO hard and it was just so great to be together. I'm so grateful for college and for the job I had there and the wonderful friends I made. I LOVE IT!!!

Be Kind

So yesterday I was sitting at my computer and my friend sent me a link to a blog. So I went there and started reading. It completely broke my heart and really brought home the saying that if you think your life is bad you can always find someone who has it worse. I may think that I have trials and that life isn't going how I want it to but there are definitely a whole bunch of people out there who have it way worse and I wouldn't trade trials with them for anything. My boss, whenever she's frustrated about money, tells herself that she's wealthier than a third of humanity. I believe the trick to happiness is in perspective. Obviously we should not be happy because someone else is miserable, but we can be happy knowing that maybe our trials really aren't as bad as we might think. I wanted to find a quote I heard once, and I thought Elder Eyring said it, but I couldn't find it and maybe he didn't say it. It goes something like this, "Treat every person you meet as if they are fighting the hardest battle of their life and 80% of the time you'll be right." I do not know if that is true and I don't know if Elder Eyring really said it, but it can't hurt right? All of us are fighting different battles and it's very likely that at least some of them are much harder than the one we are fighting. I looked on the internet for that quote last night and couldn't find it. This is what I did find. "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." For everyone out there fighting a hard battle, you are not alone. There are people who love you and above all you have a Heavenly Father who loves you, and a brother, Jesus Christ, who knows exactly how you feel. He is waiting to reach out and help you through whatever you might be going through. You always have a friend and there is always someone praying for you. I know my prayers were a little different last night. I am grateful for the trials I have, but I am even more grateful for the trials I don't have. It's all in perspective. I hope that I can try and keep that perspective and remember to be kind.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

Be Positive

So the other day I was at home by myself. I decided it was much too nice outside to sit inside. I decided to walk down the park, upon arriving I sat on the swings and started to ponder life. Maybe not my greatest move of the night. I sat there only to discover I didn't really like where I was in life. I don't like my job, I don't get out much, and the worst part for me was that I didn't really know where I wanted to be. It's hard to get somewhere when you don't even know where it is. I texted my friend asking if he ever felt stuck in life. Smartalec that he is said "I wasn't aware of any other state of being." :) Upon clarifying, that maybe your life isn't going anywhere he agreed with me and oddly it made me feel better. Also on the walk back home I talked with another friend. She said maybe if you feel like you aren't progressing, you aren't. And it's no ones fault but your own. So what can I do in life to feel like I'm moving somewhere, in a direction I want to go. I'm thinking of going back to school to be a teacher, I'm gonna find a new job, and I'm going to read more educational stuff. Also, I was looking through my books and found President Hinckley's book Way to Be! I read it in a day and decided that maybe one of my problems is my attitude. Sometimes I'm just not very positive. I like to complain and let's be honest, no one likes a complainer, no one wants to hear it. It doesn't help anyone, least of all me. So my goal for this week and hopefully for my life is to stop complaining, no matter how lame the customers are, how tired I feel, how annoying our dogs are, how cold it is, how hot it is, I'm not gonna complain. Hold me to it. :) Life is too short and too great to dwell on the lame stuff.

I love camping!!

This past weekend I went with some friends camping at Hobble Creek Canyon. The weather was beautiful and it was so much fun. I even bought a tent of my own for this camping season. I took sleeping bags and a camp stove from home and I was prepared to go. We were highly entertained when Simeon and Kolten showed up and decided they were men and needed to chop down and tree. They did it. The first tree was down in 16 minutes. The next day they decided they needed to do it again. The second tree was much bigger than the first and took 50 minutes to cut down, but they did it. It was fun getting to know new people, playing Phase 10 til 1 in the morning, taking 8 years to make pancakes, sunburn, rock gathering, beer can collecting, hiking, reading in the morning in the beautiful creations of God. It was great and I can't wait til our next camping trip!