It has been forever since I've posted. Which I say every time.. Classes this semester have kept me pretty busy though. I'm taking:

The Middle East

Fundamental Number Theory

Family Foundations

Natural Disasters

World Foundations

Motivation and Management

I wish I liked my classes as much as I did last spring but I have to deal with them. They are interesting for the most part but that' not everything. Obsessing over grades doesn't help that much either.. But it's frustrating to spend a lot of time on something to not do well on it or to do well on things and that doesn't change your grade but once you get a low grade on something it drops. Anyway enough complaining from me :)

I want to use my blog more for inspiring things I come across. Today was devotional and he talked about forgiving others and ourselves. Leave the past behind and move forward. Quietly forgiving and moving on is a gift to yourself. If you tell yourself daily your bad at something you will become that but if you say, I'm beautiful, I can do this etc you can. It is about your self image that can always be changed. Without forgiveness life is an endless cycle of resentment.

What is the lesson from Lot and his wife? One answered the Lord will destroy those who are wicked. Not so. The lesson is don't look back. We need not look back and dwell on happier times or sadder times. It does not change the here and now and will not help us while looking into the future. I have been looking at old pictures lately thinking, I miss that. I am always content with something other than what is happening now. I know that I need to enjoy the present and not dwell on the past or the future. I need to work on now so that the future will be good instead of trying to get there too soon.

Other random stuff:

"I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise."

Thomas S. Monson: My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness—be they family members, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us.

If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.

It's not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have

Life is to be enjoyed not just endured

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light

When life knocks you down... You are in the perfect position to pray.

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was and the present worse than it is.

No matter how far wrong you've done you can always turn around.

What are you doing to make things better?

Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can. He can deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, com for their souls, and pour out peace. Ezra Taft Benson

Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid. Albert Einstein

Have you prayed about it as much as you've talked about it?

If you change nothing, nothing will change.

Don't give up. Don't you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead.. You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust god and believe in good things to come. Elder Holland

Faith in God includes faith in His timing.

We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day. Richard G. Scott

Today you are you that is truer than true. there is no one alive who is youer than you. Dr Suess