I believe in beauty

i recently read a talk given by Pres. Hinkley and it made me happy to think and ponder on the wonders of earth. i just wanted to share this part of it with you to enjoy yourselves....

The earth in its pristine beauty is an expression of the nature of its Creator. The language of the opening chapter of Genesis intrigues me. It states that “the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” (Gen. 1:2.) I suppose it presented anything but a picture of beauty.
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” (Gen. 1:3.) And so the creation continued until “God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” (Gen. 1:31.)
I interpret this to mean that it was beautiful, for “out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight.” (Gen. 2:9.)
I believe in the beauty of nature—the flowers, the fruit, the sky, the peaks, and the plains from which they rise. I see and believe in the beauty of animals.
I see and admire beauty in people. I am not so concerned with the look that comes of lotions and creams, of pastes and packs as seen in slick-paper magazines and on television. I am not concerned whether the skin be fair or dark. I have seen beautiful people in all of the scores of nations through which I have walked. Little children are beautiful everywhere. And so are the aged, whose wrinkled hands and faces speak of struggle and survival.
I believe in the beauty of personal virtue. There is so much of ugliness in the world in which we live. It is expressed in coarse language, in sloppy dress and manners, in immoral behavior which mocks the beauty of virtue and always leaves a scar. Each of us can and must stand above this sordid and destructive evil, this ugly stain of immorality.

Blessings in the form of Friends

this morning i was just thinking about friends and i thought that id like to add my 2 cents about them.......
starting off in high school i had tonz of friends~!~ i loved it, i love talking to people and being involved in things. but as my junior year hit things started to change. i joined an academy that took me away from my school for over have the day every day, and though i greatly enjoyed this academy i felt that it caused me to loose touch with many of the students that previously i had been great friends with. from there on out i had but few friends.
that was really hard for me at the time since i had been so used to being surrounded my smiles and jokes. after high school i attended the utah college of massage therapy and there made a few good friends, and many great acquaintances. i graduated from there, people went there own ways and time moved on as it always does.
it was just this morning though that i realized that 1- i have more friends than i had thought, and 2- that though i may not have tonz of friends, all the friends i do have are really great people. aubrey r, my best friend, has been with me for 8 years and a little under 2 years ago her brother and my sister got married, thus tying us into family relations (we're not complaining ;) ). she and i have had differences, but its almost comic when we fight..if you can call it that. we always end up laughing and saying oh well, then go get ice cream :) she and i definitely have a stronger bond than most i think. we are able to strengthen each other where others cannot, and we both tend to mimic each other in our failings and successes. i can talk to her about anything in the world and know that i will receive wisdom beyond years from her. ...so grateful for that!
then there's april s. my best friend from UCMT. shes the one who got me to start thinking for myself and helped me take my first real step out into the world of living on my own and helped me greatly understand that i am still young and have a long way to go, not to worry quite yet. :)
next theirs Phister...well, Cassie, but we all call her phister.

she and i most of the time have different opinions about many-a-thing, but she understands and respects my beliefs and she is kind and considerate about not putting my ways down. she has been the girl that i can talk to and know that she wont judge, but kindly give me her advise and thoughts of wisdom on the matter. i learned from her that life can still be lived in abundance even when your world is falling all around you. another friend of mine that i would like to talk about is lindsay w. she is a sweet girl. we have not always shared the same views, and she is one friend that i have struggled with, thinking i could never be friends with again. but through time we have been able to use our big issue together, instead of against each other, and she has helped me to be able to see over the problem and now she is able to help bring me back up to where i was before when hard times hit. she is a bubble of fun!

there are other friends of mine that i am also grateful for, but i do not get to talk with or see much. i dont want them to think i am leaving them out, i am thinking about them! everyone i have come in contact with has given me knowledge to use in my earthly journey and i am grateful and thankful for them as well.

i am grateful for friends. definitely one blessing that helps rid a person of many curses :)

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island…to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. — Baltasar Gracian

Weekend Paint

Exciting news (maybe only to me, lol)
i am moving back to my old town that i miss so much! my new place is not as nice as my old place, and im even paying a bit more as well, but when i think about how i feel to be in the neighborhood, it really is worth it. i have moved some of my stuff in there but im not stationed their quite yet. this weekend i have spend painting the walls to help it look better after having to patch up the wall due to holes in it from the previous owner, but thats ok with me, its looking so much nicer with the new colors on the wall. i will be updating this page when i get some pictures taken and download them on here, so more to come!

Dreams of Comfort

i had a dream last night that was different then any dream ive had before.
it was me and a few other family members (though i didnt know any of them) and we were just doing some cleaning in the house, like the dishes, the floor, cleaning off counters, putting stuff away, shinning up items and tables, etc. what was interesting was that during all this we were talking casually about a bunch of stuff, when one of them took over the conversation and he was like teaching us, casually as he kept cleaning.(i mainly was cleaning the dishes) the part that was cool to me, was that i remember knowing that this man that was talking to us was God. ya, it was cool. he was older (not grandpa old, but older) and i remember being calm, doing what i needed to do and he just kept talking to us, then he came over and helped me dry the dishes while somebody else washed some more. he talked calmly about a lot of stuff though i only remember him mentioning my mom and what she's been up to in heaven (she died from Cancer in 1998). i dont remember what he said she was doing, but it was like she was helping out a lot up there with people. i wish i could remember what he said about her.
i liked that dream

that was special to me, and i dont want to forget it.

Sunday will Come

ever feel down?

though i have so many wonderful things in my life i still have those moments of grief. awhile ago i came across TUT, a message from the Universe. which is a daily email of inspirational quotes and thoughts. i have found that reading these have really given me new hope and perspective, or have simply made me smile (along with many other sources of love and inspiration, aka: family, scriptures, friends, the gospel, and my Heavenly Father (((with all these resources everyones personal treasure chest is always overflowing!))) ) so i wanted to be able to share these pictures and their words of wisdom in hopes of helping somebody else.

its nice to know that whenever there is something in your life that just is so hard, almost unbearable, its not the end of the world. for every extremely low time in your life...if you look.... there is something that is very high in that same point in time as well. God will not leave you with nothing, in fact, he will not leave you. take the person in this world that you have loved more than anybody else, and times that love by infinity....... and thats how much love God has for you, his most precious child.

thats a comfort to me when i feel like i am all alone, that He is still there, and my mother standing right along side him, they stand right by my side and help me get through the tough and lonely nights. there have been times when i feel closer to them and times when i have felt as far as i could possibly be from them. i hate those moments because i know its my doing. i guess that is a part of life, i am learning. im grateful that i am able to learn from my mistakes and that it is possible to be happy again. you just keep going.

i think one of my struggles that i had (have) struggled with was/is self-esteem. i know facts, i know God is there and i am his daughter. but when you are constantly comparing yourself with others it is easy to degrade yourself without realizing it. im doing so much better, and im beginning to really feel the value of self worth, and the power of prayer. just the other day i felt the wonderful power that prayer brings. i was struggling, not really for myself, but for a person that was struggling very much inside. there wasnt much i could do, in fact, i was at a point i couldnt even talk to this person-by their request. i was very sad because i care so much for this person and its hard to sit by and let people make their own mistakes, learn from their own lessons, even if they fall a few times in the process (especially hard when you see how they could easily avoid these falls but they refuse to make wiser decisions). i really hope that my friend will make it back, they're so unhappy. a light it gone that once flourished. i prayed for this person, and myself. i prayed that i would be able to be a friend if needed and i prayed that He would watch over my friend. its hard to describe how i felt inside at that time, but during and after my prayer i was able to feel how i had not felt in a long time, and i was able to be at rest, the worry and fear for my friend subsided and i was filled with a peace of knowing that even though i could not help my friend, Heavenly Father was there watching and helping my friend for me. i guess if you have to give up something then God is the best one to give it up to.

to my friend ...you are missed by many...you are cared about by more...and prayed for by tons.

for other sources of comfort when i have been at a computer and feeling down i have found an abundant site full of talks and lessons that have greatly helped me put things into perspective. that site is actually lds.org. their library is full of topics and discussions and ideas that it brings hope. thank you for modern technology :)

oh, i also wanted to mention the title of my blog...."Sunday will Come" it is a talk that i found at lds.org that really is able to help you endure the never ending night. its amazing, you should look it up.

if you enjoy these pictures and would like to see more of them then you can at www.tut.com/ss1.htm :)

There's a First Time for Almost Everything

My first blog!
I think im going to enjoy writing my own blog.... i surf the internet a lot due to my boring but easy desk job and so i have come across many- a-blog from people and ive enjoyed reading them all. though i cant guarantee that my entries will be exciting or anything, life isnt interesting every second unfortunately (dont get me wrong, i love life, but 8 hours sitting at a desk can add to the pool of boredom!).
i think my intentions for this blog will be simply to write down my thoughts on whatever matter i think of at the time that i find of interest to me and the daily happenings in my life. ...i guess that is what everyone else blogs about isnt it??? eh, oh well, im sure my opinions and life will be very much different from the days of others, right?
i dont know how this is going to turn out, but please, if you have a thought, opinion or even criticism in your mind please leave me a comment and let me know! im up for anything that would make my blog better!

and let it be known, my entries might turn out sporadic, i may post up to 5 blogs in one day, or not one in a week, we shall see how things turn out!