A friend of mine may lose her little girl due to - we don't know what - and it breaks my heart. I got to hold this little girl before she was even 24 hours old, and she is so precious. That and just a few other things in my life have really gotten me to think how short this life on earth really is.
We only have one chance, one life to make the best of it and to cherish all of the moments around us. I wish I would have realized that a long time ago.
A few years back I lost sight of what was important. I lost sight of where my life really needed to be. I lost sight of what I wanted, and it kills me to know that some things I had may have been lost forever.
How can we love something or someone so much and then push them away? How can one know that something is so right and then treat it as it was never there?
I let go of one of the most important things in my life a few years back, and now I can't really remember why. Was it worth it? No. Do I regret it? More than I have ever regretted anything.
You never know what direction your life is going to take, and because of that, you should always hold onto the things that you know are right. I need to cherish some things in my life a lot more than I have ever cherished anything.
I do not know the outcome, but I do know that I hope with everything that I have that I have not lost it all. I know where I want to be, and the pathway there makes me nervous as I am sure it is not going to be easy.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
I'm grateful
Before I went in to work today, I was checking out Facebook... of course, and I noticed a message thread for a TV station. I'm guessing it was for Utah, and I didn't really look into everything so I'm not 100% sure about the topic. However, I do know that it was dealing with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and possibly a new temple opening soon. But that's not what this is about...
Some of the things people were saying in this thread was really breaking my heart. I do not care what you believe as we are all different. Yes, I would love everyone to believe as I do, but then where would the challenges and trials come from. Where would the drive to be a better person and a missionary come? At least that's how I see it. Plus, people believing differently than I do allows for good conversations. Okay, back to believing differently than me... I think what is most important is that we have a respect for the different beliefs and respect for the places that are important to those it is important to.
The temple is a very important place to me. It has become more and more important to me here lately than it ever has been, and that's for my own reasons. I hold it sacred just as anyone else holds places sacred. I do not expect understanding, but I do expect respect. That's what I feel we as humans need to have more of... respect.
I am truly grateful for my membership in the church, and I am grateful for my testimony. I know without a doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and whole. I know that people are not perfect, and that's okay. Yes, it has bothered me in the past, but it was because of me, not them. I just wish people could understand that more. I wish... I wish a lot of things.
If anyone reads this, I have one request... be a better person to those around you. Ask questions if you don't understand what they believe, but respect what they believe. You won't always understand, and they won't always be able to explain, but some things, we just know in our heart, our mind, and our soul without every truly having the knowledge of why. Respect the places that are sacred to them, and respect what it takes sometimes to be a part of those places. I am truly grateful for my personal beliefs and what I have gone through in my life to get there.
Some of the things people were saying in this thread was really breaking my heart. I do not care what you believe as we are all different. Yes, I would love everyone to believe as I do, but then where would the challenges and trials come from. Where would the drive to be a better person and a missionary come? At least that's how I see it. Plus, people believing differently than I do allows for good conversations. Okay, back to believing differently than me... I think what is most important is that we have a respect for the different beliefs and respect for the places that are important to those it is important to.
The temple is a very important place to me. It has become more and more important to me here lately than it ever has been, and that's for my own reasons. I hold it sacred just as anyone else holds places sacred. I do not expect understanding, but I do expect respect. That's what I feel we as humans need to have more of... respect.
I am truly grateful for my membership in the church, and I am grateful for my testimony. I know without a doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and whole. I know that people are not perfect, and that's okay. Yes, it has bothered me in the past, but it was because of me, not them. I just wish people could understand that more. I wish... I wish a lot of things.
If anyone reads this, I have one request... be a better person to those around you. Ask questions if you don't understand what they believe, but respect what they believe. You won't always understand, and they won't always be able to explain, but some things, we just know in our heart, our mind, and our soul without every truly having the knowledge of why. Respect the places that are sacred to them, and respect what it takes sometimes to be a part of those places. I am truly grateful for my personal beliefs and what I have gone through in my life to get there.
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