When you grow up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and you dream of your future, it's always inside of one of the beautiful temples and its always a forever thing. You never imagine that one day you could be standing alone, in the dark, in a place you never thought you'd be. You never imagine that something that is supposed to last forever, doesn't. This is where I found myself in 2009. Just one short year after being sealed for time and all eternity. At the young age of 21. Flash forward to last week.... as I was packing up my house I came across some paperwork from that dark time in my life. It brought back a flood of emotions and memories.... memories that aren't beautiful. Memories that hurt and that I allowed to cause me a lot of pain. It reminded me what a hard time that was for me. I've always felt like I've had to be a strong person, but this time in my life truly tried to take me down. Sometimes in life it is the very dar...
Ever since I can remember, I've been competitive in nature. I loved to play in a good game of soccer or softball and experience that feeling to be the very best I could be, to prove what I could do. I loved to run a race against my friends, and even if I didn't win, still feel the need to push myself to be the best I could possibly be. I loved to plan, prepare and do the things I had been taught during practice and then to actually execute what I had learned during the game. When I was young, the two people I wanted to prove myself to were: my mom and my dad. I wanted to be proud of my accomplishments and I wanted my parents to be proud of me. Nothing mattered more to me than to make my parents proud. Probably more than I cared about what I thought, as long as they were proud then that was enough. Many people like to say that being competitive is a bad thing, but I don't agree with that. As I've grown older, I've learned through trial a...
I love this quote by Theodore Roosevelt and have had a lot of thoughts in my head about why he would say such a thing... Why is this quote so popular and why did he feel the need to say it? Well, It's because it happens all.of.the.time. Many people feel the need to constantly compare their lives to others. Comparison can come in all shapes and sizes. People will compare how to properly parent, how to look good, how to take care of a home, how to have a good relationship, how to work, how to play, how to cook, how to be religious, how to clean and just about everything you can possibly think of. Comparison is toxic. It only leads to one of two things: 1. Judgements towards the people around you who do not deserve it. & 2. Negative feelings about yourself that should not be there. Therefore, Comparison IS the thief of joy. There is no way we can have joy in our lives when we are comparing our lives to others...
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