MCOM WEEK 15

I am so grateful that this blog has given me a platform to record my thoughts and feelings. I am usually so bad at journaling. I never take the time to sit down and write down the things that I have been experiencing and learning. But this blog has in a way forced me to keep track of my life. 

No, I didn’t write down a daily log of my day, but I was able to expand my thought process. I think that after reading this book I am more interested in protecting myself from the fake scams of the world. I am preparing to analyze sources and also fill my life with valid content. 

Now I won’t be overly skeptical, just aware. And I will keep trying to document my thoughts and feelings. It will be hard but as I’ve seen, super worth it! 

MCOM WEEK 14

 One time me and my sister were driving to southern Utah. My dad had warned us to leave early so that we could be safe in the dark. On the last leg to the ranch we had a long stretch of dark road. There was not a sign in the road. There weren’t lights either. I was working on my Spanish homework and my sister was driving. All of the sudden we saw a dark figure creep across the street. Then we hit a BABY COW. 

It was traumatizing. I thought we were being aware, but apparently not enough. It is so important to try to get a full perspective of everything that is surrounding you. 

MCOM WEEK 13

 I love finding spiritual connections in life. When a gospel topic works it way into a conversation, I love it. This book introduced a boy who expected a testimony just from showing up to church. But this isn’t so. On my mission I truly learned that the Lord loves effort. Why? Because it is what transforms us and helps us grow. We have to actively work to have spiritual experiences. We have to act in faith to see results and see miracles. This is something I will strive to do. I always want to be putting forth effort to see the Lord’s hand in my life. I am grateful for this knowledge. I hope that someone told the boy in the book to stop being so passive. Its time to be an advocate for finding truth. I love the phrase ask seek & find.

MCOM WEEK 12

 After reading these chapters I think that I am going to be even more aware about authentic content. Whether this is a book, website, or even a person. I want to be able to decipher if that information is a real one for me to glean information from. Someone told me recently that they can tell very easily if someone is being authentic. So I will strive to have a genuine glow to my being. I think my dad is an excellent example of being authentic and genuine. I see many people trust him because of that. 

This book has helped me to realize you really need to look for the truth not just assume that it is already being given to you. 

MCOM WEEK 11

 Reading this book has really brought me to think about the importance of reading. An event that I went to today had a speaker who was sharing with us how she read a one to a few books a day but almost all of them were children’s books. She was missing the stimulation that she needed to inform herself on the outside world. So her assistant offered to start reading for her then preparing a digest of all the most important information topics. This was clearly not the ideal method. I would way rather prefer to have the time to read, but for her current predicament, it was the best that they could do!

MCOM Week 10

Recently I have been asked what is the best part of life for me right now. I quickly answered that the joy that I have felt in all of the aspects of my life is definitely the best part. So many things in life bring me so much joy. First off I would say that the temple has brought me so much joy. I have been able to feel rejuvenated with the spirit and Godly optimism. I have been able to recharge my soul with the peace inside the temple. I have mostly been going at random times here and there. But I would like to start coordinating with friends to go when they can go. It is just so difficult because post covid you have to schedule each appointment and the spots fill up so fast. The biggest success I have gotten in getting a conveniently timed appointment is when I have checked for cancellations the night before at like midnight. 

MCOM Week 9 Things Don't Always Work Out How You Hoped

    Today I am writing this blog entry from my death bed. I woke in the middle of the night Monday night and I was feeling achey and like I had the chills. The cough has also slowly begun to emerge. Then I woke up Tuesday morning feeling terrible. I could barely move. I took a little 58 min walk while FaceTiming may mom and that was the only time I left the house all day. It was great to fill her in on all the happenings of my life. And now here I am, Wednesday afternoon still feeling like trash (but a little better than yesterday)! 

I did leave the house once today to go get Benadryl for my hives from CVS with Amanda. We also got some comfort food at Zupa's. My mom freaked out when I showed her the crazy blisters I was starting to have on my elbows, legs and hips. I think it was from the epson salts. 

Anyways I had a super big check list of things to do to go conquer the day, and unfortunately none of those have happened. As the title says, sometimes things don't work out how you hoped they would. Also our St. Patty's day Dirty 30 Dance party got shut down by the cops. Another fail there! Oh well!