Just
as I think that my dreams will go flat, just as I'm on my breaking
point, just as I slack and am about to give up and think my dreams
and goals might not really happen... I get this friendly little
reminder that yes, I make a difference, and Heather, that
difference doesn't go unnoticed. Someone
really does see me! I got the invite a while back to the award
program tonight and was told it was for Excellence in my Education
Studies. I didn't find out what it was for until I received it
tonight, and I was pleasantly surprised and grateful.
Homework
is not always fun. Papers are usually not easy to write. School is
difficult. Teaching is very difficult. There is never enough time in
a day, a week, a month, a semester- it always flies right on by. But
you know what? I
Love to learn and I Love to teach! This
life is all about learning and I want those around me to gain
knowledge of the very best they can. I just cannot stress how
important our knowledge we learn now will be to us later (think of
the eternal perspective...)
“Whatever
principle of intelligence we
attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.
And
if a person gains more knowledge
and
intelligence in this life through his diligence and
obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in
the world to come.” -Doctrine
and Covenants Section 130
I
am grateful for my advisers, faculty and professors at MCC.
Seriously, attending a community college has been the greatest
thing for me! Opportunities to get involved, make friends, travel,
learn, grow, expand my diversity, be awesome. Community
colleges are intimate and personal. There are SO many opportunities
and I would recommend Mesa Community College to anyone. It's a
love/hate relationship at most times, but overall I have Loved it.
Nothing could have better prepared for me for a university than MCC.
Did I mention how much cheaper it is? Did I mention you can get
scholarships (easy) and go to school with money in your pocket? Then
earn even more scholarships to later transfer to a university? Well I
wasn't planning on making this spiel, but there you have it.
MY
POINT OF THIS POST is that I am grateful for my life! I am grateful
to be a part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so excited to serve
Him for 18 months. I am excited to be a teacher. I Love my family, I
love my friends, I Love me! I am blessed to live in America, even
Arizona. Challenge: Wake up tomorrow and think, what is
good in my life today? Yesterday? In the future? Dwell on
that goodness! Give thanks.
Give love. You are YOU and you don't need what anybody else has. In
my opinion, from my beliefs, if we all follow God's path and try to
be more like our savior Jesus Christ, than we can be happy and
appreciate even the worst of storms. Look at the world around you:
good or bad, God has a plan for it. Life is amazing. Make the most of
what you have now.
