Slow Down

"Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart."

Sometimes I just need to slow down. I'm starting to realize I've got to enjoy where I'm at and slow down as much as I can so I can enjoy every little piece of my life before it passes by. Me and my roommates.....

... well we like to have fun together... and soon we won't be teenagers anymore so we'll HAVE to at least pretend to be mature all the time... It's made me think, I just want to slow down and enjoy every little gem of life..... I am sort of borderline obsessed with this song right now by Enya called Wild Child and it just makes me want to slow down and relax and "let the rain fall down and wake my dreams" (Hilary Duff shout out right there) but this other song by Enya is just sooo good, probably one of my favorite parts is

"Ever close your eyes

Ever stop and listen

Ever feel alive

And you've nothing missing

You don't need a reason

Let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down

Everywhere around you

Give into it now

Let the day surround you

You don't need a reason

Let the rain go on and on"

I think sometimes I just need to remember to let the day surround me and just enjoy what life gives me and live by Jenny's advice...

"sometimes, you've just got to take what life chucks at ya, tumble with the kicks, and live life to the outermost."

It's a Great Day to Be Alive :)

So it may just be because I almost killed my roommates/died of Carbon Monoxide poisoning two nights ago because I left the oven on at night and then didn't even wake up to the alarm at 5 in the morning(my roommates weren't very happy but they still love me :) ) or maybe because yesterday morning my roommate Megan woke me up to a bathtub full of rising water that she was trying to bail out but for whatever reason I feel like today is just a great day! I think it may have a little to do with the fact that it wasn't anything like yesterday but also because of these things:

1. Today is the perfect fall weather, there is not a cloud in the sky and it is one of those warm breezy 72 degree perfect fall days. I really do love fall, I mean I could do without the chilly mornings and nights, but they really aren't too bad when the days are so gorgeous :)

2. I went to an application meeting for the Elementary Education major and it just got me so excited :)

3. Today is Thursday so I had my favorite class... Living Prophets(my teacher is so funny, he said today he thinks unblank could be a cuss word and one time he showed us the "all apostle football team he organized) but we learn all these awesome things about he 15 men in charge(apostles and first presidency) and I have that class with Megan and Michelle

4. My favorite song right now that always put's a smile on my face... "Love Like Woe" by The Ready Set came on the radio on me and Megan's car ride home...

5. Did I mention the windows were down and the weather is great??

6. Me and Megan went to Walmart and bought food and well... Walmart trips are always just fun and unpredictable... on this trip some girl who was a strange shade of orange and had a blue slightly large sparkle/dot to the the left of her left eye(like between her eye and ear) told us we should be models and come to the place she worked at and then seemed hurt when we said we were too busy and said rather forcefully "Well take it as a compliment, you guys are really cute" haha

7. I got a donut :)

8. We went to the Farmers Market... and the weather was great... and it was so cute/fun... I got some homemade peach raspberry jam, honey butter, and soap that smells like NATURE! it was a great trip-- here's a picture... it even LOOKS like fall

9. I've got a date tonight! :)

10. I really should have ten but I can't think of a tenth reason right now... oh wait, I'm getting some laundry does... and in this weather, I love doing laundry... and my detergent smells like Mountain Springs... at least it says it does, I personally don't think mountain springs smell this good

It's been a while

So I realize I haven't posted a blog in a while and I actually have a good reason for it. I always just want to say the same thing. That I am just happy and I really have realized that happiness is a choice because I have found that it is and just keep finding that out every day. Actually I just thought of something different to write about and any normal person right now in their train of thought would go back and delete the first part of this post or maybe even change the title... but not me... it's probably because of a mix of laziness and because I don't really care if it's there or not because let's face it, after I post this, I probably won't read it, and if I do, I'll just skip over that part :) But one thing I have realized from talking to some of my sisters, my mom, friends, and just observing people, girls in particular, is that most of us view ourselves as our worst self. We have the uncanny(not even really sure what that word means but it seems to fit) ability to look in the mirror or think of our personality, pick out the worst in it and think that that is how everyone sees us or that is what everyone else notices. In reality, that is not what people notice. It sort of upsets me when I see girls walking around campus with their heads hung down day after day because they just don't realize that they are so amazing and I don't even know them but everyone has something to offer and nobody should ever feel like people only look at them for their flaws. I used to have this problem where if people were whispering or talking quieter when I walked by or was in the room that they just had to be talking about me and it had to be about what I was wearing or something I did that was weird or just anything negative about me. One day I just thought about it and realized I'm not the center of everyone's conversations so I just needed to stop worrying about it and live my life! haha It sounds ridiculous but it's true. I feel like we concentrate so much on our faults and what other people might think that it imprisons us in a way that we don't focus on what is good in each of us. I tried to find a quote on this but was unsuccessful and got tired of looking... but I think each one of us has the power to decide how we want to live our lives and we choose how we look at ourselves.

I feel like many times each of us looks at the scripture about the worth of souls being great in the sight of God as a verse about service and helping those in need, which is great but to me it also means that I'm important and I'm great :)