"The Pursuit of Happyness"

Life is the time to live for our dreams. If you have something you want to achieve, then become it. Never let anyone tell you what you can and can't do. You are the only one that determines that. Remember that our goal is to pursue happiness and there is only one place that is found and that is up to you to decide. Remember that  with our Father's help, anything is possible so go out and achieve. Life isn't about how many times you get knocked down, but is about picking yourself back up again. Heavenly Father gave us imaginations for a reason-so that we can become our best and achieve our dreams.

Who Are You?

As members of our church it's our responsibility and should be our want to share who we are. Our purpose is to invite all people to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. We all have a light and need to let it shine throughout the world. You never know who you can affect. I know that ours is the true church and I'm so grateful I can be out sharing the amazing message of the restored gospel. We all need to set an example of who we are, and who we want to become-like our Heavenly Father. We are never alone. God always answers prayers, but it is usually through another person that the answer come and I know this is true. So always look for opportunities to serve and never deprive yourself or others of the blessing of who you are.

Life's Journey

Through life we will have the opportunity to take many different paths to steer any direction we choose. Some of us may want to be a teacher, or a engineer, or many other things, but we all have one goal in common; to live with our Father in Heaven again. The adversary knows this and this is why he attacks us at every opportunity. Life can become so overwhelming it may seem as if we are trying to make it back to the to our Heavenly Father, but are collapsed trying to get there. One story I'd like to share was given in a talk by Elder Bruce C. Hafen and says:

"My friend Donna grew up desiring to marry and raise a large family. But that blessing never came. Instead, she spent her adult years serving the people in her ward with unmeasured compassion and counseling disturbed children in a large school district. She had crippling arthritis and many long, blue days. Yet she always lifted and was always lifted by her friends and family. Once when teaching about Lehi’s dream, she said with gentle humor, “I’d put myself in that picture on the strait and narrow path, still holding to the iron rod but collapsed from fatigue right on the path.” In an inspired blessing given just before her death, Donna’s home teacher said the Lord “accepted” her. Donna cried. She had never felt her single life was acceptable. But the Lord said those who “observe their covenants by sacrifice … are accepted of me.” ²⁴ I can envision Him walking the path from the tree of life to lift Donna up with gladness and carry her home."

This lets me know just how great and merciful our Savior really is. How many times and we felt overcome by life and then felt the arms of our Brother wrap around us? I can promise that if we strive to do our best and always look toward Him for guidance, we will be brought home.

Cherish Life's Moments

Through life I've always wanted to grow up, get out of the house, and was always focusing on the future. It is so important to focus on the now. Capture the moments you have growing up together.  Time flies and it won't be to long until you wish you could have had it all back. There are so many things that I would like to have remembered and lived in the moment. A quote from the Kung Fu Panda is, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift; that's why it is called the present." This really is true. God gave us our moments with each other in life not only to remember and learn from, but to be in them.