“There are cycles of good and bad times, ups and downs, periods of joy and sadness, and times of plenty as well as scarcity. When our lives turn in an unanticipated and undesirable direction, sometimes we experience stress and anxiety. One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic. Perhaps when difficulties and challenges strike, we should have these hopeful words of Robert Browning etched in our minds: 'The best is yet to be'"--L. Tom Perry
"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us . . . If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers." --President Gordon B. Hinckley
"God the Eternal Father did not give [the] first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory are not diminished should we disregard, deny or even defile His name. His influence and dominion extend through time and space independent of our acceptance, approval or admiration. . . No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! . . . For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who are--and who we will become." --President Uchtdorf
In my Leadership development class yesterday, my TA was talking about serving other around us and making people happy. She decided to show us a video that is called "Validation". At first, I was kind of like "really? do we have to watch a movie?" For some reason, I just really can't stand watching movies in classes. But, after a few minutes, I was totally captivated. I won't ruin what it's about, but I think everyone should watch it. Lately, I haven't been in the greatest of moods at times, and this video seriously turned my attitude around. I'm pretty sure everyone in my class thought I was slightly odd, because I kept being like "awww" or "that's so cute!" out loud, but that's okay. I couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day after watching this, and I just wanted everyone around me to be happy. So, it's kind of long (less than 20 minutes though), but I think it's definitely worth watching. Everyone should watch it. I think it really made me realize that no matter what, you should just smile at people and compliment them. I mean, it seriously makes my day when a random person smiles at me, or says hello. So why not do that for someone else? Not saying a smile from me is that great, but hey, it might brighten someones day. So, everyone should watch this...Now
On another note, I decided to make a private blog. I will definitely keep this one updated on a regular basis, but I decided I wanted another blog, just to write about other things that I don't want public to the whole world. If you want to read it, just post your email as a comment, or send me an email at kbarker2@gmail.com . It's pretty exciting, let me tell you. Anyone is welcome to read it, so stalkers, don't afraid! haha.
Oh, and exciting news. I may have an internship for this spring/summer here in Provo. It would be unpaid, but it's really flexible with whatever my work schedule is. More details to come later. :)
7 comments:
I'm so excited to hear about your potential internship!! How awesome! I really need to get the ball rolling so I can get into one this summer too!
I'd love to read your private blog. 8)
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obvi you know I want to read
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you have my email, add me :)
I think you have my email so... add me :)
emmyjm@hotmail.com :)
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and congrats on the internship!
How did I forget to add my name to the list the first time I read this? YOu have my e-mail address, don't you?
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