"Oh! The Places You'll Go!"

     It's hard, you know: life. Honestly. How many times have you listened to people... "Well if it was easy, you wouldn't learn anything.(insert cheesy grin here)" Do you ever just want to shake them and say, "I KNOW! But I just want you to agree with me! I just want it to be a little bit easier!" All the time, and yet, all the time I am humbled by a father who only wants the best for me. It's not until after any trial that I can say, "Thank you Mr. Gardener, thank you for loving me enough to cut me down." (D. Todd Christofferson "As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten")
     It's hard when you only see the pains of life which, mind you, are everywhere(IF you look for them). Want to know something? If you are looking with the right eyes you will find that the world is full of greatness!! That greatness starts in YOU! Do you believe me?? You might not, but you should. Because it's true. Just as you can find the bad in just about anything, believe it or not, there's good there too! There are flowers everywhere, and (I don't care if people use this way to much....'cause I like it) the flowers are SO MUCH BIGGER than the thorns! Find them, find the flowers and love them!
     Where do you even start? Where else but yourself?! When you love yourself you can love everything! If you can't love yourself, how will you love anything else? I know it can be hard, but the reward is so much greater than what it takes to get there. The hardest part is looking yourself in the mirror and not only finding all that greatness, but telling yourself: "Self. You are amazing! Look at your body, look how it works, what a miracle, I am a MIRACLE!"
     This isn't being boastful, promise, you can do it. You are God's creation! Imagine that....."...the most powerful being in the universe is the father of your spirit. He knows you. He loves you with a perfect love." (President Uchtdorf, You Matter To Him)
     There is nothing wrong with loving yourself, there is nothing wrong with knowing that you are a child of a God who loves you, a God who wants you to know that "You matter to him!" If you don't love yourself how can you ever grow to become who God sees you as!?
     You can do it, I can do it! Let me tell you why.... because you've got fans on earth!!! If you think you don't(even though you really do! I'm your fan!) you have way more fans in heaven, and they are AWESOME! They want you to succeed!! God wants you to succeed!!!! How comforting is that to know "...the most powerful being in the universe..." wants you to succeed. :D

"You're off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!"