Saturday, September 29, 2012

Today I am thankful for goals..
Well it takes me a thirty minute car ride to get to work, now as much as it is a huge pain in the butt it is pretty nice because it gives me plenty of time to think. Lately on my car rides I've been thinking about goals I have for myself. The first goal I have is to get into the LDS business college and get my business degree. The weird part is for a good three years I have been set on being a teacher, the more I think about it though I think my personality would do better in business. Also my lack of any kind of patience for anything in life might not be the best for a teaching career. I want to go into business because that is something I have actually always understood and found interesting. To be honest I never thought of myself ever getting excited for school, but for some reason I feel like getting my education is very important to me and something I want for myself. My next goal would be to get a better job than what I have now, it might sound crazy but working in a restaurant isn't the most ideal job. I would absolutely love to have a nine to five job, and also a job where I look a little bit more experienced than just being able to take an order. I would love something that would give me a challenge and keep me busy. The next goal is to be a little more patient with life, I have a tendency to want everything in life to happen when I want it too. I think I am getting better at realizing that things are better when they come when they are supposed to. Even though we might think we are ready for something in life Heavenly Father knows a little more than we do. So I would love to be able to let things happen when they are supposed to rather than when I want them. Goal number four is to find a man that can someday take me to the temple. Not only take me to the temple but to also just be my best friend to go through life with. I want someone that loves me as much as I love them, someone who cherishes me. I want someone that is funny but can also be serious when it comes need be. I have realized that if a guy really likes you, you never have to ask yourself "well does he like me?" I think he likes me because he said this and did this. I know that when the right guy comes around I will never have to ask that I will just know, and my patriarchal blessing said I would too. My second to last goal is to finish The Book of Mormon, it's just one of those things where I either need to put more effort into finishing this goal or I just really love reading first Nephi over and over again. Maybe to feel less guilty about never reading The Book of Mormon all the way through I'll just go with the second one. Last but not least my last goal is to make it a daily habit of reading my patriarchal blessing once a day and praying twice a day. This one is very important to me because I want to start good habits that way I can pass them along when I get my own family and to show my kids that prayer is important. I think it is important that we set goals for ourselves so that we are always trying to better ourselves. To become a better person in small steps, I am thankful for goals because it keeps me on the right track and reminds me what is important to me in life. That is why today I am thankful for goals and the blessings they bring along with them.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Today I am thankful for quotes..
After writing out a full post about music I realized that music wasn't really what I was thankful for today and decided today I was thankful for quotes. I think I like quotes so much because they have a way of telling exactly how your feeling about a situation or even give you a different out look on things. One of my favorite quotes of all time would have to be "If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. I'll always be with you."- Christopher Robin. I love this one for many different reasons, the first being it was a favorite of my Great Grandpa Swenson. In March we lost that wonderful man but even though he is not here I feel him around me and think of him every day. At his funeral this quote was more of a comfort for me because it reminded me that families can be together forever. With this quote being at his funeral I also see it more of his way of reminding me that he will always be with me, which is why this quote will always have a place in my heart.  The second reason I love this quote is I don't think people really give themselves enough credit. On Facebook I always see post from others saying they wish they could do this better or be better in this way. I myself have been an offender of not giving myself enough credit. I never realized how strong of a person I am until this year. All the time at work when talking to guests they are always blown away by the fact that I moved out of the same state as my parents and tell me how strong and brave of a person I am for doing that. I guess I never really thought of it as being something a strong or brave person would do. It was just the life experience I wanted and felt inspired to get for myself. I love what I have learned about myself so far and enjoy seeing what progress I have made in such a little amount of time. I see more now of the long term goals I have for myself and know that with hard work I will achieve all my goals in time. I love the inspiration that quotes can fill us with, the comfort they bring, and the power they have of making us think. That is why today I am thankful for quotes. To finish up my post I will leave a couple others I like as well.                                                                                   

   "Happiness does not depend on what happens on the outside of you, but what happens on the inside of you."-G.B.H

  "The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen, nor touched...but are felt in the heart."
-HK


  "Mama always said, Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."- Forrest Gump.

  "Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true."-Alma 32;21.

  "The best love is the kind that weakens the soul, that makes us reach for more, that plants fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds."- The Notebook






Thursday, September 27, 2012

What I am thankful for...

Well after some long thought process I have decided to start a blog. Now I can't say that I will be the best at posting, that it will be the most grammatically correct blog, or the most interesting. It is more something that I want to do for myself, in a way to journal and to be more positive. My main hope for the blog is to each post put something I am thankful for and that is the theme I'm going to go with this. Well here it goes!

Today I am thankful for family. After moving away from home not to long ago I've had the opportunity to see just how much family really means to me. I got used to having four other siblings running around the house, a mom to talk to and see on a day-to-day basic, and a dad to hear a daily slap stick humor joke from. Not having those things on a day-to-day basic has been a little different to say the least. To be 100% honest I never thought I would miss it as much as I do. As much as I miss my family though moving out to Utah really has shown me just how close all family is. All my extended family lives out here in Utah and to be honest I think I would be a complete wreck without them. In my month of living out in Utah I have 1. Got the front bumper of my car taken off. 2. A fractured foot. 3. The stomach flu. 4. Started at a new singles ward. 5. Started at a new Buffalo Wild Wings. Along with many other things. One thing for sure though, I have not handled a single one of these things alone. In each one I have either had help from a family member, listening ear of a family member, shoulder to cry on of a family member, or just a growing experience shared with a family member. I can't say enough how blessed and thankful I am to have such a caring and loving family. That is the wonderful thing about family, no matter what they will always be there for you. They can see you at your best and your worst and still have so much love for you. I can't say there is much  that I cherish more than my relationship with my family. Seeing the love my family has for me just encourages me to always remember that and to someday be able to extend that love to my future family.