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Summer has always been one of my favorite times of the year. There is always so much going on, but none of it seems very pressured - which is why I like it so much more as opposed to mid or late-semester. (Go figure.) This summer is one that I've found is holding so much more within it than normal:
- One of my younger brother just graduated from High School (congrats buddy!)
- Camping/road trips
- PARTIES (going away, coming home/back and just cause-ers)
- and Mexico!! (Which by the way is only 11 days until take off!!!)
I find myself excited beyond belief for all that is in store, but also hesitate about it all happening too quickly. You see, this next year I graduate.... from college! I know this should be an ecstatic time of my life, but I find myself terribly nervous. School as been the norm in my life for the past 18 years. I know I'm pursing teaching so I'll always be 'in' school, but really it's a whole new ball game. Life is about to change and turn a totally new direction. A direction that contains additional responsibility and truly leaving my childhood in the past. Wow! It's weird how reality will slap you in the face, even while blogging.
On a lighter note, I've set a new goal for myself. Who needs January 1 for goal setting? Not me! I decided that it's time to get back into running. It's been about ... uh... well never mind how long its been, lets just say too long. My recently graduated brother has taken on the role of my motivator and we'll be running on a regular basis. I'm very excited about this and hope to eventually run an entire 5k by the end of the summer. We'll see how that all works out. In the mean time I've stumbled across a blog called Running Fearless. The host of it is one of my friend's husband (did that even make sense?? oh well...) who is miles ahead of me in his training, but is able to share the process he goes through in such a way that it applies to me. I hope it's of worth to you. And if not, then don't follow it.
Keep your chin up friends!
"The moment you begin a serious study of the [Book of Mormon], you will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path... When you being to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance."
--President Ezra Taft Benson Ensign, November 1986, pg. 7
Isn't it so funny when you realize something in your heart that you've known in your head for years? Last Sunday in Relief Society someone said something about happiness being a choice. It isn't something that someone can force upon you. I think the only assistance in obtaining this is from the Lord, that he can bless you, but even He can't - or rather won't make you be happy.
With the stresses of school, work, and life over the last few days I could easily justify being unhappy, but have made on conscious choice everyday to "fake it till I make it." And wanted to share with the world that, it worked!
Helen Keller once said, "Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows." As you do so, I know that you'll start to see more purpose to your life, and that the trials you face will "seem but a small moment (D&C 212: 7)."
