bits and pieces.

 

Lately I have felt in desperate need of a vacation to some far-off place. I have been stressed out and tired and scared and nervous. A jumble of all sorts of unpleasant emotions. I have allowed small things to get the better of me and I am ashamed of it. I guess you could say I have been feeling overwhelmingly human. 

I have so many goals and dreams and ideas and this cold winter has kept me trapped in my apartment forgetting to accomplish so many of them. I have lost sight of what is important, I have gotten a little lost, and I am tired of feeling that way.

Tomorrow is my last day at my job, and next week I begin nursing school. I want to take full advantage of this big change and grab life by the horns and turn it into what I have always dreamed of it being.

I want to purge myself of fear, doubt, and stress.

I want to fill myself with faith, trust, hope, and joy.

I want to refocus my vision on the truly important things in life. I want to renew my relationship with God, I want to take better care of my body, I want to strengthen my marriage, and work on refining my good qualities and smoothing out the bad. I want to surround myself with good company, and fill my time with meaningful activities. I want to get rid of all the bad vibes in my life. I want to change.

I'm not really a new year's resolutionist but it seems like this post is sort of going that direction, isn't it? I suppose I have hopped on that bandwagon after all.

"Don't worry! It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. the Lord will not forsake us."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"When things go bad, don't go with them."

- Elvis Presley

"Try a little harder, to be a little better."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

              "Create a life that feels good on the inside, not one that just looks good on the outside."