The Temple

As a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints I have come to realize how many blessings this gospel has brought to my life, one of the greatest is the blessings of going to the Temple. Recently I have felt the need to go often, this is a place where we go to meditate and feel as close as anyone can get to our Father in Heaven.
The past two weeks have been as different as black and white. Last week was great and I went there often, it was the first time that i cried out of joy during a visit there. This week I have been a bit down and for the first time there cried tears of despair and much much yearning for help. The marvelous thing about both times was that during theses moments I felt an immense amount of love from God and knew without a doubt that all would be well.
The trick in life I believe is learning how to keep that feeling alive inside of us and to trust enough in it to keep a hopeful outlook on our lives.
Here are somethings that I believe will help us keep that:

• Service
• Laughter
• Prayer
• Work

I believe that forgetting about ourselves is one of the best ways that we can heal or more be healed. This week I have been sick and it is hard not to think of myself while in this situation. But I noticed that the more time I spent at home laying in bed watching Netflix for hours on hours the worse I felt physically and emotionally. GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING! That is the cure for most things.
I still get sad and I am still getting over this cold flu thing... but my spirits are more lifted and I am a bit happier now that I am back at work and doing whatever it is I do in the day.
My Goal this week is to sign up to help special needs kids and start learning to cook new things.. on a budget a very small budget.

In conclusion to this I have to say that most of this I have learned from going to the Temple and bringing myself closer to God. You don't have to believe in the same things I do but I believe that if we at least believe in love and in helping others our lives will be as full as mine is when I go to the Temple of God.

FALL

" Every leaf speaks bliss to me , falling from an autumn tree"

William Allingham

The fall is slowly becoming one of my favorite seasons. I live in a small town in Utah that I think has the best weather this state has to offer, but my favorite part about it is the trees and all the wonderful colors that come with them. I used to hate fall because it reminded me of the end of summer and the start of a dreadful winter, which to me meant no more tanning and bikinis. But this year I realized that it has been years since I've been tanning and even longer since I wore a bikini.
I moved back home to deal with this hard change in my life and it has been the best decision I have made in my life. It is still hard because even though I am constantly doing the things I love and am around the people I love and that love me, I am still a bit sad and miss it . But as I walk around this town and see all the beauties around me I am learning to laugh more and just laugh through the pain and whatever. My sister said I am making progress because I have not cried in like a week. I didn't even realize it until she pointed it out. Funny how we never see out own progress.
So the fall is not a sad ending but a wonderful beginning to the trials of the winter and a path we must take to get to spring. Fall is a reminder of hope to me this year!