Summer!!!

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This post is completely random, however not completely pointless.

I have been complementing the happy thought that school will be out in approximately 8 weeks!!!!!! Summer break will be here and I will be relived from school work for a full 3 months (well close to it). So these are the places I want to visit. I'm not sure how reasonable they are, or if they will even happen, but still, I can wish, right?

Option #1 - Visit Utah
Utah summers are so much more bearable than Arizona summers. Not to mention the family I have to visit up there.

Option #2 - Visit California
Ideally this trip would be complete with visits to 6 Flags, Disneyland, and Knottsberry Farm.....but me being a poor college student might not work so well with those plans.

Option #3 - Visit somewhere out east
About 5 or 6 years ago me and my family went to visit a few states out east. We went to New York, Ohio, Illinois and even ventured up to Canada. I have wanted to go back ever since, and maybe this summer I will :) But again, the 'poor college student' factor does not help me out so much.

Really I would love to do all three options, but we shall see what happens :)

The power of music

So I feel like a lot of my posts have to do with music. But its okay cause that is what I love!

Anyways, yesterday I was super stressed. I was getting snappy at everyone and I didn't really want to be around anyone. I knew I wanted to be happy and be semi-pleasant but it wasn't working out so well for me. As I got in my car to drive home from from work, I turned off the radio and turned on MoTab. I absolutely love MoTab! It always brings the spirit and this time especially helped me to get my act together.

Moral of the story?
When you need a pick me up, when you are feeling down, when life is honestly crashing down around you, when you can't handle anything and anyone around you. Take a second to breathe. Listen to your favorite song, or something super relaxing.

Music makes life worth living.

SPRING BREAK!!!!

It is finally here!! I am so excited!

Secretly I am not doing anything exciting. I am working ALL week. But still. No school is a happy thought :)

"Weak things become strong"

Lately life has been an emotional roller coaster. I have been changing so much. As I get older, more and more of my rough edges are broken off. I feel like I am being placed in testing areas. Situations that test my weaknesses and eventually turn them to strengths. I have not particularly enjoyed any of the hardships I have gone through, but I would never take back the lessons I learned during those times.

In the last year I have felt....

alone

frightened

abandoned

betrayed

baffled

regretful

angry

disappointed

But as I have learned to rely on the Lord through my trials, I have learned to turn my weaknesses to strengths. I have turned to the Lord and He has helped me to feel...

love

comfort

acceptance

trust

understanding

peace

calm

joy

One scripture that has helped me surface from my trials as a stronger person is found in the Book of Mormon in the Book of Ether. Chapter 12 verse 27.

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."

I love that scripture so much. It reminds me of the provider of my strength, the one source I can always turn to in times of hardship, the only one who will always reach out His hand to lift me up when no other help is in sight.

This poem has also helped me to imagine my Savior beside me through the darkest hours of me life.

Whenever I hear the sound of His voice,

Or look to His outstretched hands.

Whenever I feel His arms around me,

Or the warmth of His smile on my face.

Whenever I'm touched by the Spirit He sends,

Or walk with Him day by day.

I'm glad that I have such a wonderful friend.

My Savior, my brother, my King.

I love my Savior and I am so grateful for the constant companion he has been to me through my entire life