Lately...

         Recently I have had soooo many doubts about pretty much everything you can doubt about. There has been an emptiness in my heart, and I was missing something that I didn't realize was gone. It was Thursday night and I couldn't sleep, I felt like such a burden and something was wrong. It sounds dramatic, but something was bothering me so bad. I worried about not doing things right, and worrying that I had done things wrong that day. Then it came to me. DID YOU THINK TO PRAY? That was it. Pretty much this whole summer I have forgotten the simplest yet useful task. I realized that I had put my worries at the top, and my praying was nonexistent. I said a prayer, and a peace came over me that I hadn't felt for a while. It is hard to explain but it was like the Holy Ghost was there, when I needed it, to comfort me.

         I realized that my priorities have not been in the correct place, and that I needed to have a change in my heart and my mind. I need to be more grateful for what I do have, so that I am able to see more good and happiness in our everyday life. There is really so much to be grateful for, and I seemed to have forgotten that. I heard this quote at graduation, and I haven't forgotten it.
         "The seeds of depression will NEVER take root in a grateful heart!" -Andy Andrews
It just reassures me that it is hard to be depressed and sad, when your heart is so full of gratitude. There are many decisions that I need to make especially in my life now. There is HOPE that we should never forget. I personally need to remember that Heavenly Father is ALWAYS there for us. No matter what direction we choose.
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        Elder Holland describes it perfectly, we are supposed to make mistakes to learn and grow from them, and I truly believe that. Everything happens for a reason, and God makes sure that we know that he loves us unconditionally, and he expects us to pray and learn to be with Him again. No matter how hard life gets, DON'T give up. Pray. Things will work out. They ALWAYS do. Even through the good and the bad. There is so much I still need to learn and decide, but I know that there is hope and things will really work out. Never, ever give up.

Put Your Trust in God 
President Gordon B. Hinckley

It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is.

It all works out. Don’t worry.

I say that to myself every morning.

It will all work out.

Put your trust in God,

and move forward with faith

and confidence in the future.

The Lord will not forsake us.

He will not forsake us.

If we will put our trust in Him,

if we will pray to Him,

if we will live worthy of His blessings,

He will hear our prayers.