Stop worrying and believe in yourself!

I went and saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice with a friend of mine tonight, it was a very good movie!! Way better than I expected!! I loved it, and came away from it with another quote!!

In part of the movie Balthazar is training David (don't worry I won't ruin the movie), and David is really struggling, so Balthazar says to him "Stop worrying and believe in yourself." He proceeded to tell David that he worried too much, and that he just needed to believe that he could do it. Well this made me think about myself and how much I might be able to do if I just believed in myself. All my life I have struggled with my self esteem and confidence, and I have always been a worrier. Don't get me wrong I can fake it pretty well, but it has always been a weak point for me. I don't think I can do something so I talk myself out of it, or I don't think I am good enough so I don't even try, and I worry about pretty much everything. You name it I have probably worried about it, and a lot of the time I let my worries stop me from doing things. But tonight, while I was thinking I realized how much I am missing out on! So many things that I have passed up, or given up on because I didn't believe in myself! I think we all have times in our life where we get down on ourselves, or we think the task is too big for us to take on, or we worry about things out of our control. But when we believe in ourselves, and find the determination within us, amazing things can happen. Opportunities that we never would have imagined will come, things that we never saw our self doing, we do. All because of something as simple as believing we can do it. I think it's crazy that us humans can give someone else so much credit, and support, but then we can't do it for ourselves. Seems kind of messed up huh. That we would believe in someone more than the very person we know best(our self). But like I said when we believe in ourselves amazing things happen, it's like magic. Something that simple and that easy that makes it all possible. So let's all have a little more faith in ourselves. We can do it, we are strong, able people who can do whatever we set our minds to, if we just believe. I know all this may sound a little bit cheesy but it's so, so true! We are amazing people and we have endless possibilities to do what we want. We can achieve anything we want to if we just put our minds and hearts into it! There are no limits to possible, there are no boundaries for determination, there is no exact blueprint for life, there is only giving it all we have, and achieving what we set our hearts on. So to quote Balthazar one more time, "Stop worrying, and believe in yourself."

Just one more thing before I end, you never know where you will find just what you needed. Tonight I found what I needed sitting at the movie theater in a movie about Sorcerers. What we are looking for will come to us when we least expect it. Make sure you are ready so that you don't miss it!!

Turn the page, start a new chapter, and keep writing your story!

So, I have this obsession with quotes, which if you don't already know, you will catch on quickly. But I just love it when I find a quote that fits perfectly with what I am struggling with, or excited about, and pretty much for anything I think or feel, there is a quote for!

Today I found a quote that fits my life pretty well right now. The quote is "Move on, it's just a chapter in the past. But don't close the book, just turn the page." I find this quote very appropriate for my life right now. I have gone through somethings that have really tested my faith, and things that have made me struggle more than I ever have. And as hard as it is to move on, I know it is what's best for me right now. And I always though that moving on meant starting completely over again(starting a new book), but I realized that I was wrong. Moving on just means that you move forward with things(turning the page, and starting a new chapter). Books don't have the exact same story line in every chapter. Things change, that is what new chapters are for. New story lines, different ideas, other characters. Think how boring a book would be if the story stayed the same the whole book, no new characters, ideas, or stories. After all that is what makes stories so enjoyable! You don't know what is going to happen next, or who will enter the story. So it is with our lives! That is what makes it exciting, we never know who or what is coming next! So moving on means don't let things get in the way of your own story progressing, but don't start completely over either. Maybe moving on just means that something minor needs to be changed. Maybe it's your attitude, or your approach, your direction. But just because you need to change one of them doesn't mean that you have to change them all. This is something that I am learning quickly. Life throws you so many curve balls that if you had to start all over every time you wouldn't get very far(and you wouldn't have a very good story either). Instead life is about learning to deal with change and embrace it as it comes. To incorporate it in with what you are already doing(make it a part of your story). We are in this life to learn and to grow and be tested. Change is a huge part of our learning and growing process. Change is inevitable, we can't stop it, so why not make the best of it. After all we are the ones who decide if we will be happy or not. No one else can decide that for us. We can make the best of every situation. Bad things might happen, or things that we may not have expected, but we can still be happy. We can continue on this journey and be successful and enjoy life, even through our trials! Happiness is a decision not a destination. So if you CHOOSE to be happy, you WILL be!!

So in short keep writing your story, don't let things get in the way or get you down, and if you choose to be happy you will be, and your story will have a happy ending!

The simple things in life!

So I have started to notice that life just keeps getting crazier and crazier. And that as I grow up there is just more and more that I need to do, and more and more I want to do! Which means that I have to choose, and that can get complicated and usually leaves me running from one thing to the next. This leaves me very little time to relax and just spend time thinking, but the other day i had a little while to just think about life and everything that I have been blessed with (which is a lot)!! I a realized that the things I am most grateful for are the simple things. Time spent with family, notes from loved ones, a meaningful conversation with a friend, seeing someone smile or hearing someone laugh! These things are all to often taken advantage of, yet are some of the simplest things to achieve.

I decided that I need to slow things down and that I need to enjoy the little things now, because who knows down the road they could be the big things. One of my favorite quotes is "Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have." I want to live a happy and meaningful life, so I am determined to make the best of what I have been given, and appreciate EVERYTHING that I have been blessed with. Whether I see the blessing right now or not! Life is just too short to waste anytime being unhappy or or passing up opportunities, because I am too busy or didn't appreciate what I had been given!

So enjoy everything! Big, small, and everything in between! Life is too short, so LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE, and enjoy it all!

Giving this blogging thing a try.

So... I decided that I would give this whole blogging thing a try. I totally don't know what i am doing yet, but I am excited to learn! I am going to just post the goings on of my life on this blog! I love reading peoples blogs, so I hope I enjoy this just as much!

Just a little bit about my life at this moment... I am loving my job at Zions Bank in Syracuse!! I LOVE the girls I work with! I couldn't ask for better co-workers! This job has really been a blessing in my life!! It has helped me to come out of my shell and meet new people! I have really grown a lot just in the six months that I have worked there, and am hoping this learning process continues. I am getting ready to start school in just over a month. I am going to attend Weber State and major in Business Administration with a focus in finance, and hopefully get my Bachelor's of Arts with Spanish as the Foreign Language. I would love to pursue a career with Zion's.

This last week I recieved a new calling. I was called to be the 2nd counselor in the relief society presidency. I am excited for this new calling. I am a bit nervous about it but can't wait to see what is in store!

Other than that life is great!! I love where my life is headed, and can only give credit to my loving Father in heaven who is watching out for me!!