The Best Is Yet To Come!

    On Friday I made a very important decision! And just in case you are wondering....It is a fantastic one!! I have had a lot on my mind lately. I have been trying to figure out exactly what I need to be doing in order to get to the best possible place in my life and to really feel like I am being the most productive. Somehow however; it seemed that I was just not quite getting to that point, there was just something missing and I couldn't figure out what it was.


      My mind was, well sort of foggy and it seemed that I was having trouble making up my mind about what to do about different things like school and such. Well recently I have been thinking and praying about some different opportunities but just in the past few days one in particular suddenly stood out far beyond the others. This past week in fact I went to the temple several times just trying to get my thoughts in order. But when I went to the temple this weekend, Bam it hit me! I got the answer that I needed . It was one of the most amazing conformations I have ever had. One of the best things about it was that I couldn't stop smiling. I just sat there in the temple feeling more peace and joy than I have in a long time and just smiled. Ha and I am sure people were wondering what in the world I was thinking about!


     I wish I could express the way that I feel because the decision to pray about this certain question came about so suddenly and so did the answer that I was so surprised, but I know that it is right! The Lord knows what we need and when we need it and I know that he has a plan for what he wants me to be doing at this time right now in my life. I am excited to make the best of it! Sometimes the best answers come at an unexpected times but can provide the greatest blessings we didn't even know were presently available!

Study....LIGHT BULB!

     Well as some of you may know this week is midterm week (yipee the semester is half way over!) and so I have been sitting here in my room studying for all of the lovely up coming tests and such. As I have been going over my notes from my Sociology class I got to the chapter about different types of love in relationships and for some odd reason a light went off  in my brain and something just clicked in the middle of my review. In class I had written down something that I really didn't think much about at the time but as I was reviewing my notes I had to pause to read it again because it made me excited and gave me one of those "can I hear and amen" moments!

     It reads.... "Why is it important for us to know and understand the many different types of love? It is so we can understand what our love style is and how if affects others, so that we may see how others we become involved with view and desire to experience love, and to see how each person's own view of love affects their own experience. This helps us be more realistic in our love expectations understanding that it is ok to be different in relationships."

     Wow simple but so profound! Many people don't stop and take time to think about what it means to have realistic expectations. Realistic doesn't mean perfection, it means taking time to understand what differences are and why those differences are present. Mars and Venus will never think in the same ways but relationships are about creating an atmosphere where it is comfortable to talk about anything and everything in order to build a connection that is open, honest ,and safe for both people.

     That is what I want more than anything; to feel so comfortable with someone, being the whole and complete Autumn. Knowing that they will love and be proud of me because of who I am and will want to be a part of the things that have made me into the person I have become. There is no greater gift than that!  What an amazing experience that will be!

Wisdom from a not so distant past

Thank You Audrey Hepburn for helping us realize that the life we all experience is created much by how we react to it. Loving this life is the only way I want to live it!

I don't care who you are .....that was Amazing!

        If you don't already know what I am referring to, it would be the amazing day of conference talks, spirit and pure joy that has taken place today!! And the great thing is that tomorrow is going to be just as fantastic! My mom, brother, and I were able to be in the conference center for the first session which is such an amazing experience that I always look forward to! There is a feeling around temple square that is unlike any other place. There is just something about conference weekend that can bring me above anything and fill me with the feeling that I can conquer anything in the whole world. I have had prayers answered and have had my mind opened to things that make me excited about the future.

       Every time I heard a talk I would think "oh this has to be my favorite one so far" and then the same thing would happen with the next. A main theme was that if we just follow what the lord and his prophets ask us to do then things will turn out alright! It's days like this that re-affirm for me the knowledge that this gospel is the most precious and life changing thing that has been created! And there are no words that can help me express the gratitude I feel for the opportunity I have to be a part of it!